 | Robert Cooney - Gaspé District (Québec) - 1832 - 378 pages
...rapacity and carelessness of the hunters, who usually left the carcases in the woods. THE CARIBOO, OR LAPLAND REINDEER, is distinguished by having brow...considered a valuable leather ; and makes the best descripThe Wood Chuck, The Hare, Ground Hog, 1 Porcupine, Scunk, or Polecat, Weasel, Silver Grey Fox,... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Gibraltar - 1834 - 656 pages
...variety of common deer, but the elk is now rarely met with. The Cariboo is distinguished from the moose by having brow antlers, which are rounder than the horns of the latter, and meet near the extremities. It is not so tall as the moose, but of such amazing swiftness... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Canada - 1844 - 388 pages
...variety of common deer, but the elk is now rarely met with. The Cariboo is distinguished from the moose by having brow antlers, which are rounder than the horns of the latter, and meet near the extremities. It is not so tall as the moose, and is of such amazingswiftness... | |
 | America North, Henry Youle Hind - Canada - 1863 - 858 pages
...of intervales, and on the tender buds and leaves of a species of maple called moosewood. The cariboo is distinguished by having brow antlers, which are rounder than the horns of the moose. It is not so tall as the moose, but more swift. Its flesh is very tender, and much esteemed for its... | |
 | Henry Youle Hind - Canada - 1868 - 872 pages
...of intervales, and on the tender buds and leaves of a species of maple called moosewood. The cariboo is distinguished by having brow antlers, which are rounder than the horns of the moose. It is not so tall as the moose, but more swift. Its flesh is very tender, and much esteemed for its... | |
 | James F. More - Queens (N.S. : County) - 1873 - 338 pages
...the sea, in the most lonely parts of the forest, they are now to be found in abundance. The CARIBOO, OR LAPLAND REINDEER, is distinguished by having brow...of the Moose, and meet nearer at the extremities. In the construction of the fore legs there is also a great dissimilarity in the Cariboo. From the knee... | |
 | James F. More - Queens (N.S. : County) - 1873 - 276 pages
...the sea, in the most lonely parts of the forest, they are now to be found in abundance. The CARIBOO, OR LAPLAND REINDEER, is distinguished by having brow...of the Moose, and meet nearer at the extremities. In the construction of the fore legs there is also a great dissimilarity in the Cariboo. From the knee... | |
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... distance. His color is light gray, mixed with a dark red. His flesh is tender, delicate, easy of digestion, palatable, and nourishing. He ruminates like the ox, and feeds on moss, on the natural grass of intervales, and on the tender buds and leaves... 