Typical Maine Moose Head (Killed in 1902 by Samuel Merrill).
(Frontispiece)

THE BLACK MOOSE
IN PENNSYLVANIA

HENRY W. SHOEMAKER

(Author of "Pennsylvania Deer and Their Horns", etc.)

"The kingly Lyon, and the strong arm'd Beare

The large lim'd Mooses, with the tripping Deare,

Quill darting Porcupines, and Rackcoones bee,

Castelled in the hollow of an aged tree."

—William Wood, 1634

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Published by THE ALTOONA TRIBUNE COMPANY

1917

THE BLACK MOOSEIN PENNSYLVANIA