WILD ANIMALS. 101 fur is reddish in winter, and light grey in summer. The bucks shed their horns, which are very long and branched, annually, in November. The does have also horns, but much smaller, and they shed them in summer. They are never known to have more than one young at a time ; and yet the destruction of these animals by the Indians seems incredible, when we consider how numerous they still are. Of their skins, which require ten to make a complete suit, the Indians principally make their clothing. For this purpose they should be killed in August or September. The Indians also dress deer-skins, with¬ out the hair, for light summer clothing, moccasins, thongs to make netting for their snow-shoes, strings for their sledges,—in fact, for most purposes where strings or laces are required. In October, after rutting time, the bucks gene¬ rally separate from the does.—The flesh of the com¬ mon deer of is excellent, that of the small northern deer is, however, considered the most deli¬ cious. The carriboo is a variety of the deer kind, much smaller than the moose, and the horns less and rounder, with brow antlers. The carriboo is not so awkward an animal in appearance as the moose, and it is amazingly swift. The flesh is tender, and the skin, when dressed, soft and useful. The net-work of Indian snow-shoes is made of thongs cut out of the skin, which the Indians use also for moccasins, and various other purposes. The elk of is now rarely met with.