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of the total weight of an animal, its live weight 

 at that time would have been at least one 

 thousand two hundred pounds. An exception- 

 ally large and fat bull moose would of course 

 weigh a good deal more. 



We soon had some meat frying in the pan, 

 and though it was naturally neither tender nor 

 juicy, I was glad to eat any kind of meat after 

 having tasted nothing but bacon since leaving 

 Mattawa. 



As it w^as still early in the morning when the 

 moose was shot, we were able to get back to 

 our main camp on Lake Bois Franc with the 

 head and a load of meat the same evening. 

 It took me almost the whole of the following- 

 day to skin and clean my lirst moose head, but 

 in the evening George paddled me across the 

 lake into a very nice looking creek, where he 

 called for moose but failed to get an answer. 



Whilst paddling up the creek we caught sight 

 of a white-tailed deer standing amongst some 

 reeds. At our approach it gave one bound and 

 disappeared in the forest which here grew close 

 down to the water's edge. As it jumped it 



