Moose In New Brunswick

The future of the moose, oldest and noblest of the game aniinals on this continent, is a matter that has interested a good many people. Mr. Braithw-aite, wlio has lived aaiong thoso animáis all his life, says there is no danger of their diruinution in New Brunswick. They shed their autlers before the snow becomes deep iu winter, and the sportsman who eudeavors to carry away a hornless moose is always roughly dealt with by the magistrates down in the settlements. The only relentless enemy of the moose is the lumberman, who in the depth of winter can make good use of the meat. But in the región which is the subject of this article there is little lumber, and go there are few lumbermen. The degenerate Indiana of the villages seldora trouble themselves to hunt, and the few moose killed by hunters are as nothing compared with the young ones destroyed by the bears. Bruin gets trapped because his coat will average f 20 to his captor. There are no wolves in this wilderness, so the prospecta for the moose are getting better instead of worse. And if there are thousands of moose, there are tens of thousands of