New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-10

Pin.' ~ oalIe1t material for spars and masts' ]
~ - Inverted into all sorts of sawed LUMBER i'
800 which shoot ont to great distance unuoi mo
go are 70 the Indian his rope, his st[ine' ms
.Lrond With them he ties his bundle, lasVeNs 'no
.birch- bark coverings to the poles OF NIB "is"a,u'
and sews the broad sheets of the same nS'eil " '
ashen ribs of his canoe. .uAo,
The white spruce q confer of an essenuaIy ooreai
boracter in its extension into the woods OF Acadie'
10 nrefer bleak and exposed situations, grow
mo in brinewashed sand beyond the limits OF vege-
tation Groves of this tree, which the Indians call
the sea spruce are frequently seen along the shore
with the foliage so swept back over the land by the
prevailing southwest gales as to be nearly parallel
with the ground and so fattened at the top that q
man might walk on il as platform. Similar 10
the white spruce is the balsam fr, from when IL IS
distinguished by its erect cones and the pusties Oh
its bark Toward the end Of May its cones are OF q
light sea-green color, which changes in June INTO
pale lavender, and in August to dark slaty TINT
The silver fir which prefers moist woods grows
where it has room, TO the hight OF Sixty 1eeI anu
is noticeable for the horizontal regularity VI l's
branches and the general exact conlca formation Vi
the whole tree The growth of its foliage irregular
like that of the black spruce, q contOrted branch
half way ND the stem ending in multitude OF inter
laced SPRAYS that are crowded with delicate light
hive Yellow and black birches grow to the hight OF
seventy or eighty feet and beautiful, indeed they
are especially the canoe paper birch with its pure
wbite stems relieved by the spruce boughs Smooth
and round, without knot or branch for some forty
feet from the ground, it is anxiously sought tor Dy
the Indians who make the coverings of their Wig
vans and the hus of their canoes out OF It's Dark as
thick and pliable as leather, while their squaws
transmoOrifv the same into barbarc curositles, ID
the shape of boxes and bags by which the pale face
is sometimes beguiled of some of his supernuous
change.
Nor must the sugar maple be forgotten, which
grows in Acadie very much as in Maine, nterspersed
with other hardwood trees on the slopes OF hills,
and frequently by itself in large clumps IL Is put
to the same use there among ourselves, young ana
old swarming to the "sugeries" toward the END OF
March. loaded with their axes sap-troughs, and
boilers Two OF three hundred trees are often tapped
at a time and what with boiling the sap into strip,
and pouring it into molds large party Of men is re-
ouired at these profitable merry-makings.
But let us pass from the Flora of Acadle to IT'S
Fauna, chefest among which must be placed the
moose the elk or Aloine deer of the ancients, con-
corning which the elder naturalists made many alb
surd bunde!s as that its legs were without joints
that il was liable to epeptic fits; and that 1t was
Obliged to browse backward account of the upper
lin becoming entangled with the teeth As the hab-
tat of the moose is distinguished by tho predomi-
nance of the evergreen conferT II abounds in Acadle
rejoicing especially in the low-lying swampy woods
! and innumerable lakes and nyeT-Daslns Oh nova
| Scotia and New-Brupswick.
The remark of an old writer that the elk is mel
ancholick beast fearful to be seen, delighting in
nothing but moisture indicates its shy and cautious
habits and its partiaty for long, NOISY woodland
swamps of which the scenery of Acadie largely con-
| sists These swamps occur round the margin of its
lakes where dwindles an unhealthy growth of stunt
| ed black spruces and where the cinnamon-tern Is
uxuriant. SapHngs Of the swamp-maple
and the mountain-ash fringe them, and upon
these the moose brOwses when an hungeTed. To such
haunts the bull HES in early Autumn, and here he
remains. the monarch of the wood, pro-
claiming his defiance to his fellows, should
they approach, by crashing his antlers
against the trees and by sudden mad plunges which
can be heard for long distance, tearing up the moss
the while end scooping out the mud with his fore
! foot He has rubbed off the velvet covering of his
| horn on the stems of young hackmatack and alder
| bushes and with clean, hard antlers and massive
neck, is ready to hold his against all corners.
| "a nobler animal" says Capt Hardy, docs not
exist in the American forest nor, whatever may have
been asserted about his unganlness of gait and ap-
| pearance, a form more entitled to command ad-
| niration-calculated, indeed, first being con-
fronted with the forest giant to produce feel
| ing of awe on the part of the young hunter. To
hear his distant crashings through the woods,
now and then drawing his horns across
the brittle branches Of dead timber, as if to intim
date supposed rival and to the great black
mass burst forth from the dense forest and stalk
Enthusiastically toward you on the open barren is one Of
the grandest sights that be presented TO sports
mans eyes in any quarter of the globe. His coat
lies close with gloom rejecting the suns rays like
that Of well groOmed horse His prevailing color,
if in his prime is jet black, with beautiful golden
brown legs, and TANKS pale fawn. The swell of the
muscle surrounding the forearm is developed like
the biceps of a prizefghter, and stands well out to
| the front / haYe measured forearm of large
moose over 20 inches in circumference The neck is
nearly as round as a barrel and Of immense thick
ness The horns are of light yellOwish white
stained with chestnut patches the tines rather
darker, and the base of the horn with the lowest
group of prongs projecting inward Of dark reddish
brown"
The bulls fight desperately, under the influence of
the tender passion" the collision of their antlers
being heard on still night like the report of gun.
At other seasons the bull seldom utters sound but
now he is heard all day and night The cow answers
in prolonged and strangely wild cry which the In
dian hunters initiate. in order to attract the bull
whose talking" as they call it, consists of long,
suppressed gutteral sounds, resembling the word
"quoh! ouch" which deepen when he hears dis
tant below. Sometimes he bellows in rapid success
sion making Decline for the cow, but when APP
preaching the neghborhOod whence the call pro-
seeded he becomes moro cautious. stops frequently
TO listen, and often makes long and noiseless
deOuT so as to come up from the windward, whereby
he can detect the presence of danger. When lie
wishes to retreat his suspicious having been aroused
he does with marvellous stealth carrying his great