Hunting in Many Lands 



where, but wise in this country — were taken 

 principally because each of us had always been 

 in the habit for years of hunting alone — a 

 practice which I would recommend to anyone 

 who desires to be really successful in killing 

 big game. 



This vast expanse of flat country is quite 

 heavily wooded over large areas, the timber 

 being spruce, tamarack, poplar, birch, etc., with 

 a great abundance of red and gray willow. 

 The underbrush is sometimes very thick. 

 There are, however, innumerable open places, 

 which bear the local name of muskegs. These 

 are, of course, marshes in summer, and covered 

 with a heavy growth of grass; in winter they 

 are frozen hard, and traveling over them is 

 comparatively easy. 



The moose seem to be fond of remaining 

 close to the edges of these muskegs, which are 

 usually fringed with a heavy growth of wil- 

 lows. It would appear, however, that they 

 venture out into these open places either dur- 

 ing the night, early in the morning, or late in 

 the afternoon ; and, as these were the times 

 when we were very glad either to be in camp 

 or to be returning to it, we had more success 

 in finding the moose in the timber, or on the 



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