. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. FRANK forester's" FIELD SPORTS. THE MOOSE. CERVUS ALCES; h. M Alces, Achlis; Plin. Aid. Gesn. Jonst. Original; CJuirlev. Nouv. France, iii., 126. Elan ; Buff. Hist. Nat. xii., supp. vii. Elk; Shaw, Ged. , \>iivt 2,11^. Moose Deer ; Dudley, Phil. Trans. No. 444— Warden Descript. des Etats Unis, v., p. 636. Elk; QwaJ. No. 42 Moose; lb. Arct. , , p. 18. " The Moose—this appellation is derived from Musu, the
. Frank Forester's field sports of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. FRANK forester's" FIELD SPORTS. THE MOOSE. CERVUS ALCES; h. M Alces, Achlis; Plin. Aid. Gesn. Jonst. Original; CJuirlev. Nouv. France, iii., 126. Elan ; Buff. Hist. Nat. xii., supp. vii. Elk; Shaw, Ged. , \>iivt 2,11^. Moose Deer ; Dudley, Phil. Trans. No. 444— Warden Descript. des Etats Unis, v., p. 636. Elk; QwaJ. No. 42 Moose; lb. Arct. , , p. 18. " The Moose—this appellation is derived from Musu, the name given to the animal by the Algonquins—is, perhaps, the only Deer whose general appearance can be called ungraceful, or whose proportions at first sight impress the beholder unfavora- bly. Its large head terminates in a square muzzle, having the nostrils curiously slouched over the sides of the mouth ; the neck, from which rises a short thick mane, is not longer than the head, which in males is rendered still more cumbrous and unwieldy by wide palmated horns; under the throat is found an excrescence, from which grows a tuft of l(»ng hair ; the body, which is short and thick, is mounted upon tall legs, and the whole aspect is so unusual, that incidental observers are par- donable for considering it ugly. Yet, as these singularities of structure have direct or indirect refei'ence to peculiarities of use, an intjuiry into the mode of life led by this species, may cause us to forget, in admiration of its adaptation to circum- stances, prejudices excited by the comparative inelegance of its form. " The Moose inhabits the northern parts of buth continents , it is in Europe called ' Elk.' On the American continent it has been found as far north as the country has been fully ex- plored. Its southern range, at former periods, extended to the shores of the great Lakes, and throughout the New-England States. At present it is not heard of south of the State of. Please note
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