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long passed their maximum development. They 

 measured forty-five inches across the palms, and 

 carried eighteen points, ten on one side and 

 eight on the other. 



We were now at no great distance from the 

 spot where I had shot the moose on the previous 

 day, so, after disembowelling the one just killed, 

 Louis and I made a fresh start, our intention 

 being to chop oft" the horns of the younger 

 animal and bring them, together with all the fat 

 and some of the meat, to where the old bull lay. 

 As it would then be too late to get back to 

 camp we had determined to collect as much 

 firewood as possible — for the nights were now 

 very cold and we had no blankets with us — 

 and pass the night at the carcase. 



Forgetting the often quoted and very true 

 adage that "man proposes and God disposes," 

 I now left my camera on the body of the dead 

 moose, beside which we intended to camp for 

 the night. After a couple of hours' walking 

 and climbing, we had just got to within one 

 hundred yards of the spot where the carcase of 

 the young bull lay, when we saw two moose a 



