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I think this was a wonderful feat, as a very 

 large moose head is not onlj'- very heavj^, but 

 also most awkward to carry. Louis was, how- 

 ever, a very strong fellow, and, on his mother's 

 side, I sujjpose his ancestors had been used to 

 carrying heavy packs for generations. 



Left to myself, I first chopped down a few 

 spruce boughs and fenced in a cosy corner 

 behind the upturned roots of a fallen tree. 

 Then I collected a great pile of dry wood, so as 

 to be ab^e to keep up a good fire, as the nights 

 were row getting very cold. After this I 

 peeled a great slab of skin from the carcase of 

 the big moose to lie on, and then crossed the 

 stream and cut some prime fat meat from that 

 of the younger animal. 



Then I took a stroll up the valley, hoping to 

 meet with another mighty bull moose, or to find 

 some sheep feeding on the sides of the mountains, 

 through which it ran. However, I neither saw 

 nor heard any kind of wild animal, and return- 

 ing to my camping place in the evening, I made 

 myself some tea, and roasted some fat meat on 

 a forked stick over the fire. 



