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but they have again begun a still farther southward
migration. How far they have spread down towards the
main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway on the east
side of the Fraser River, is not yet known positively,
but they are well to the south of Quesnell Lake. On the
west side of the Fraser River seven or eight head of moose
were seen close to the Chileoten River some time last
winter, which is the farthest south so far recorded in that
neighbourhood,

In spite of the fact that there are so many moose in
this Province, it has never had much of a reputation
for this species of game, and most of the sportsmen who
want them go to Eastern Canada, or, if they desire excep-
tionally fine trophies, to the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska.
To the big-game hunters who come here moose are usually
a secondary consideration ; they are attracted by the
accounts they have heard of sheep, caribou, mountain
goats, and bear, and yet—at any rate in the northern
portion of this country—moose are more plentiful than
any other species of game. There are parts that are
stocked with them, even to the full capacity of the food
supply.

As far as size of moose horns is concerned it has to be
conceded that the Kenai Peninsula at one time stood out
head and shoulders over any other part of the world,
and the probability is that it does still, though not nearly
to the same degree that it did some years ago; that
region also used to have a greater abundance of these
animals than anywhere else. Ten or fifteen years ago
moose with horns that would measure 70 inches in width
were comparatively common in that country. It was
from there that the record head of 78 inches was obtained,
and it was from there that Reid obtained his magnificent
specimens. These latter used to adorn the walls of the
old Union Club of Victoria; and amongst them were, I
believe (I never actually measured them), two sets of
antlers that went 76 inches and 74 inches, and one or
two others almost their equal. To obtain anything like
such heads nowadays would be most exceptional luck,