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MAMMALS OF NORTHERN CANADA 159
have ever been since. In the vicinity of farming and ranching
settlements, however, they would seem to have become
Eomewhat accustomed to the not distant presence of man,
as is surely evidenced by their comparative abundance still
i n the eastern sections of the Province of [ Manitoba ( and
elsewhere), although they have been much hunted there of
late years. No doubt the close season and the due enforcement
of tbe relatively restrictive k i l l i n g law have been i m portant
accounting factors for this state of affairs, which is
so satisfactory not only to naturalists and sportsmen but
also to other interested residents.
During summer, when the weather is warm and mosquitoes
very troublesome, moose resort for protection to the
shores of lakes and streams, and while standing i n the water
they sometimes seem quite indifferent to the near presence
of man, and w i l l then retire only after being repeatedly fired
at. I myself had proof of this on one occasion when ascending
the Anderson R i v e r in the end of June, 1806. There
were five or six i n the party when we observed three full-grown
moose i n the water. As they were not i n good condition,
we d i d not care to k i l l them, but, i n order to test the
truth of this peculiarity, I made the Indians fire a number
of shots very close to them, but to no purpose. In fact, we
had to scream and yell at them before they got out and
stalked away at a very leisurely pace. According to a consensus
of Indian reports from various quarters, the moose
copulate annually during the months, or moons, of September
and October, and the offspring appear some nine months
later. The female generally selects a dense thicket on a lake
island or islet, or in a clump of trees on a d r y spot i n the
midst of a marshy swamp or other submerged tract of forest,
for the purpose of bringing forth her young, which are
usually one or two, and occasionally, i t is said, as many as
three, in number. At birth the hair- covering is very short
and of a dirty- yellowish color, the eyes are open, and the
newcomer is rather weak and helpless; but, after a compara-
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| OCR | MAMMALS OF NORTHERN CANADA 159 have ever been since. In the vicinity of farming and ranching settlements, however, they would seem to have become Eomewhat accustomed to the not distant presence of man, as is surely evidenced by their comparative abundance still i n the eastern sections of the Province of [ Manitoba ( and elsewhere), although they have been much hunted there of late years. No doubt the close season and the due enforcement of tbe relatively restrictive k i l l i n g law have been i m portant accounting factors for this state of affairs, which is so satisfactory not only to naturalists and sportsmen but also to other interested residents. During summer, when the weather is warm and mosquitoes very troublesome, moose resort for protection to the shores of lakes and streams, and while standing i n the water they sometimes seem quite indifferent to the near presence of man, and w i l l then retire only after being repeatedly fired at. I myself had proof of this on one occasion when ascending the Anderson R i v e r in the end of June, 1806. There were five or six i n the party when we observed three full-grown moose i n the water. As they were not i n good condition, we d i d not care to k i l l them, but, i n order to test the truth of this peculiarity, I made the Indians fire a number of shots very close to them, but to no purpose. In fact, we had to scream and yell at them before they got out and stalked away at a very leisurely pace. According to a consensus of Indian reports from various quarters, the moose copulate annually during the months, or moons, of September and October, and the offspring appear some nine months later. The female generally selects a dense thicket on a lake island or islet, or in a clump of trees on a d r y spot i n the midst of a marshy swamp or other submerged tract of forest, for the purpose of bringing forth her young, which are usually one or two, and occasionally, i t is said, as many as three, in number. At birth the hair- covering is very short and of a dirty- yellowish color, the eyes are open, and the newcomer is rather weak and helpless; but, after a compara- 11 |
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