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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. i. FEB. 20, im.

The beast called a Moose, is not much unlike red Deare, this beast is as bigge as an Oxe." 1634, W. Wood, 'New Englands Prospect,' p. 23.

"They have likewise another sort of mantels, made of Mose skinnes, \yhich beast is a large l)eere eo bigge as a horse ...... First, therefore, I will speak

of the Elke, which the Salvages call a Mose : it is a very large Deare." 1637, T. Morton, 'New English Canaan,' pp. 29, 74.

"There are Beares, Wolves, and Foxes, and rnany other wilde beasts, as the Moose, a kind of Deere, as big as some Oxen, and Lyons, as I have heard. -1642, T. Lechford, ' Plain Dealing,' p. 111.

These extracts show that the word "moose" was known as early as 1616, and that it soon became established; but they throw no light on its derivation further than the fact that lfc is Indian. Perhaps the following extracts will be of assistance to ME. PLAIT :

" Moos-sdog. The great Oxe, or rather a red Deere ......Moose. She skin of a great Beast as big as an

'Ke S >me WJ \ 9 red Deere -"- 1643 > R - Williams,

V-? ri 5? al> - J&P& om ........ Orignal, jeune <*

petit, Mamchich." 1703, La Hontan, 'Petit Dic- tionaire de la Langue des Sauvages' in 'Nouveaux Voyages, 11. 209, 210.

" The Moose is a Creature, not only proper, but it is thought peculiar, to North America, and one ot the noblest Creatures of the Forest; the Abori-  in

' By way of amusement, I wrote down a few

Algonkin words, which I learnt from a Jesuit who

has been a long time among the Algonkins. They

call the elk, moosu (but so that the final is

n77m y ^ r C UnC? d) i^ 1749 ' R Kalm - 'Travels'

n a noto ^h J f R> F rSter ' th, e tra slator, adds

i a note, 1 he famous moose-deer is accordingly

nothing but an elk; for no one can deny the deriva^

tion of moose-deer from moosu."

This town [New Comer's Town] is situated on the west side of the river Muskingum which is a

" - P r P er onuncatnin Indian is Mooskmgung, i.e., Elk Eye River In their language an elk being callecf moo . .The Mild beasts met with here I Ohio River] are bears

S frbTth^n' r ldcat8 ' foxes ....... dee ' r and 35

Journal!' heeWare8 moos "-> Jones,'

e The moose deer." 1807 G

a h7i A! ra: ""* &

"Moose Moose-wa _ is-'n r \*T

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' T, h Moose ...... This appellation is derived from

the name given to the animal by the Algon^

quins." 1826, J. D. Godman, 'American Natural History,' i. 274.

" The Moose Deer is said to derive its present name trom its Algonquin and Cree appellation of mongsoa or moosoa." 1829, J. Richardson, 'Fauna Boreah-Americana,' i. 232.

"Moose is an Algonkin word, found also as moosis, miLsu, musica, mouswah, &c., said to mean 'wood-eater.' "1893, E. Cones, ' Expeditions v. Lewis and Clark,' iii. 1032 note.

By way of curiosity, the following may be added. In 1712 an attempt was made to send three moose to England as a present to Queen Anne, but the united efforts of the Governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and JSiew York failed to accomplish the feat, though two of the moose were seen by Franklin, then a boy of six. Under date of 2 February, 1768, we learn from the Gentle- mans Magazine that "a male Elk was carried to Richmond as a present to his majesty" (xxxviii. 91). Could this have been the moose which S. Hearne stated (in his 'Journey,' 1795, p. 257) was sent from Canada as a present to George III.? In October of the same year a moose was exhibited and offered for sale in Boston. ALBERT MATTHEWS. Boston, U.y.

TICKLING TKOUT (9 th S. xii. 505). Not always does the adept wait to see "a tail sticking out from the roots." He will often kneel on one of the large stones which inter- fere with the calm flow of a trout beck, pass his hands gently round the submerged edge of it, and gently secure the fish which is harbouring underneath. Synonyms for such 1 tickling " are " grappling " or " groping " for ou ^- ST. S WITHIN.

Archer, in Farquhar's ' Beaux' Stratagem,' Act III. scene ii., says :

"I can play with a girl as an angler does with his nsn : he keeps it at the end of his line, runs it up the stream and down the stream, till at last he brings it to hand, tickles the trout, and so whips it into his basket."

HERBERT SOUTHAM.

I hope MR. RATCLIFFE will pardon me if I say that his description of the "tickling" of trout is unlike my experiences of it. Ffty years ago I " tickled " many hundreds; and, on your own property, it was in those days not thought such a sin as MR. RATCLIFFE asserts it now to be. There is no need to wade up stream, there is no need to look out for the fishes' "tails"; and if you "grabbed with both hands " you would be in imminent danger of losing your prey.

EXPERIENTIA DOCET.

SED cui VIDE" (10 th S. i. 87). Jacob Astley, Royalist general, was created