Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-11-05

Il Was the Only One Ever Reared I'm
Captivity.

William L. Hornaday writes for Har-
pers 9oung People the following
description of the only baby moose ever
reared In captivity--in fact, the only one
ever seen by person capable of describ-
ing il:
"When we steamed into rock-bound
Byng Inlet, at the mouth of the Magneta-
wan River, a few miles east of French
River, il was to meet q live moose baby
two weeks old that 'Lo, tho poor Indian
had brought down TO coll. Did we buy
il? OF course we did, OF we would NOT
dare to come home and tell Of IL; and
when our fishing was all done, and the
pestiferous black-fiies had bitten us un-
til they were tired, we made large crate,
put the little moose within, and brought
her back to Buffalo with us.
FAT first her acquisition was viewed by
certain members of the household with
genuine dismay. As baby and a pet
she was so very long-legged and loose
jointed, so misunderstanding, so homely
and so odd that her unreserved adoption
into the family seemed impossible. But,
as her champion anticipated, the other
members Of the family have succeeded
in their efforts TO live up to her standard
We named her Miss Byng, because we
found her at Byng Inlet, and her long
legs have walked right into the affections
of us all. She appreciates the efforts
that have been made to appreciate her,
and treats us accordingly.
ITO every stranger she is living con-
undrum, for outside of moose-and no
one has yet recognized her species
IA loI. e L.. l..
most persons pronounce her young
donkey. A few have decided, after sage
consideration, that she is cross between
a donkey and deer. The total abb
sence of tail is explained by the sup
position that it has been cut or bitten
off.
amy one in this country is excusable
for not recognizing her species unaided.
/ would not dare 10 say what l might
have called her had met her first in
Cawnpore instead of Canada. She has
as yet only an indication of the long,
overhanging and half-prehensile nose
which is so noticeable q feature of the
fully grown moose.
80 Her color is uniform brownish-red,
of the shade called sandy darkest ON
the body, and palest on the legs. The
hair is longest on the hump and back of
the neck, where it is between two and
three inches in length, wavy, and tipped
with black; it is also black underneath,
and forms short erect name; on the
hind quarters it is two inches long, and
also strongly tipped with black ; on the
body it is an inch or more in length, very
wavy in texture, and forms a dense
woolly coat. Indeed, the whole neck and
body would be described by a technical
describer as densely hairy The hair
on the ears is fine, soft, and abundant,
and of beautiful gray color, while on
the head it is sandy, like that of the body,
but smooth and fine. The chin is black,
the lips are blush, and the eyes are
black blue. The hair on the legs is short,
straight, close, and lighter in color than
that on the body.
80 much for the personal appearance
of baby moose three months old. Her
color and the quality of her hair are
almost exactly similar to that of buffalo.
calf of the same age, while the hump ON
the shoulders and the shortness of the
neck render the resemblance still more
striking"