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him a dog-team drawing a loaded sled, a couple of hounds 

 running loose, and an Indian guide. The dogs were being 

 driven with the usual amount of shouting and noise, and this 

 was increased as they came to a steep place. On the hill was 

 a tall spruce, and as there was no trail, the Indian climbed it to 

 ascertain the best route. When he was at the top they held 

 a conversation in tones suited to the distance between them. 

 Just after he came down, the dogs that were beating about 

 chanced into a thicket close by where Clark was, and with a 

 great uproar put up a pair of Moose that had evidently lain 

 asleep through all the clamour of their travelling and shouting. 

 Of course no gun was handy, so they got away. (Miller 

 Christy asks if it is not possible that these Moose were inten- 

 tionally hiding.) 



Ordinarily, Moose are the wariest of wild things. Says 

 Lockhart:^' 



''They generally lie down with their tails to windward, 

 trusting to their senses of hearing and smelling, which are re- 

 markably acute, to warn them of approaching danger from 

 that quarter; they can use their eyes to warn them from danger 

 to leeward, where hearing, and especially smelling, would be of 

 little use. * * * 



"They also have the remarkable instinct to make a short 

 turn and sleep below the wind of their fresh track, so that 

 any one falling thereon and following it up is sure to be heard 

 or smelt before he can get within shooting distance." 



AS A Though the old bull Moose is apt to be bad tempered 



DRAUGHT ,, , "^ , . , , ^ . , ^ , 



ANIMAL all the year, and is sure to be dangerous m the autumn, the 

 species is blessed with a better disposition than most of the 

 Deer family. A tame Deer is more dangerous than a wild 

 Bear. But the Moose that has been brought up by hand is a 

 gentle creature and usually quite safe, except in the autumn. 

 George H. Measham writes me : "A neighbour of mine, Henry 

 Stoggett, of Shoal Lake, had a tame Moose for a considerable 

 time. It was very affectionate, and when called would come 



'' Proc. U. S. N. M., Vol. XIII, No. 827, p. 308. 



