58 FOUE-FOOTED AMEBIC AX S 



" What is that terrible noise," cried Olive, starting, 

 and they all listened, somewhat startled, while Dodo 

 crept close between her father and nncle, saying, '^ It 

 must be a very wild sick cow that is hurt."' 



" If we Avere in a swamp a couple of hundred miles 

 further north, instead of here in a hickory wood, I 

 should say it was either a cow Moose or else some one 

 imitating one,'' said ]\Ir. Blake. 



" Why, it's Nez, of course," said Dr. Roy. " He used 

 to be one of the best Moose callers along the ])order. 

 He is ready for us to come up, and has taken that way 

 to call us, though we are not ]\Ioose." 



'' Let's go quick and see," said Dodo, recovering her 

 courage, and hurrying the party along. " What are 

 Moose, and what do people call them for? " 



" ]\Ioose are the largest of our Deer. The cry we 

 have just heard is the cow Moose's call to her mate. 

 Men who hunt the ^Nloose imitate this call, and the 

 bull (whicli is the name given male ]\Ioose and Elk) 

 comes hurrying up to meet, not his mate, but a bullet." 



''Do you call that fair hunting, daddy?" asked 

 Xat. 



" Xo, I do not ; unless the hunter is liungry and can- 

 not get food in any other wa}', it seems to me little bet- 

 ter than setting a trap. A sportsman should show his 

 skill in finding the Moose, not calling him by a trick." 



" Yes," said Nat, " I understand that. It's the same 

 as if when we play hide-and-seek I wanted Dodo, and 

 instead of hunting for her I cried or did something to 

 make her come out, and then cried 'I spy.'" 



" Look, father \ Look there ! " said Olive. " It's 

 like the old davs in Canada." 



