Temiskaming Moose 



The accompanying photographs of moose were 

 taken about the middle of July, 1902, on the 

 Montreal river, which flows from the Ontario side 

 into Lake Temiskaming. 



A number of snap shots were obtained during 

 the three days' stay in this vicinity, but the others 

 were at longer range and the animals appear very 

 small in the negative. 



As is well known, during the hot summer 

 months the moose are often to be found feeding 

 on the lily pads or cooling themselves in the water, 

 being driven from the bush where there are heat, 

 mosquitoes and flies. 



Not having been shot at nor hunted, all the 

 moose at this time seemed rather easy to ap- 

 proach. Two of these pictures are of one bull, 

 and the other two of one cow, the two animals 

 taken on different occasions. I got three snaps of 

 each before they were too far away. When first 

 sighted, each was standing nibbling at the lily 



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