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only reasonable that preference should be given to it. 
Those who meditate elk-hunting will do well to practise 
snap shots both with rifle and gun (say at forty or fifty 
yards, and even more) at a target; and if they can 
only procure that extremely ‘“‘rara avis in terris,” a 
dead donkey, stuff him with straw, and put him on 
stilts, they will have the nearest approach I know of to 
the real thing. 
The following account of moose-hunting in Nova 
Scotia, furnished me by a gentleman who has had 
practical experience both in that country and in 
Norway, will, I think, be found interesting :— 
“ There are three ways of hunting the moose in Nova 
Scotia, ‘ ergeping,’ ‘calling, and hunting on ‘snow 
shoes.’ I have had no experience of the last, not 
having remained in those parts late enough in the 
year ; but I believe it is but poor sport, as the wretched 
moose sinking in the snow must sooner or later be run 
down, and you can get a shot at ten yards if you like. 
“Creeping” (2.¢., followmg in autumn with In- 
dians by the track, or stalking) is the true sport, and I 
believe is only practised in Nova Scotia. 
“The Micmaces are first-rate hunters. I had the best, 
I believe, in the province, though he was getting 
rather old. His instinct, for such it seemed, was mar- 
vellous. I was out for about three weeks in the woods 
in Nova Scotia in the latter part of September and 
