308 HABITS OF MOOSE LOCKHART. 



distance. The hunter thus sees from a distance in which direction the 

 Moose has gone and acts accordingly. When the winds come from the 

 east, west, or south, the tracks can rarely be distinguished more than 

 a few yards off, and thus frequently they start the game in an unex- 

 pected quarter, without being able to get a shot. 



Moose rise and feed at dawn. About sunrise they again lie down to 

 chew the cud or sleep till 10 or 11 o'clock. Then they feed till 2 o'clock 

 in the afternoon, again lie down till 4 or 5 o'clock, then feed till dusk, 

 when they lie down for the night. 



They generally lie down with their tails to windward, trusting to 

 their senses of hearing and smelling, which are remarkably acute, to 

 warn them of approaching danger from that quarter j they can use 

 their eyes to warn them from danger to leeward, where hearing, and es- 

 pecially smelling, would be of little use. 



While sleepingor chewing the cud their ears are in perpetual motion, 

 one backward, the other forward, alternately. They also have the re- 

 markable instinct to make a short turn and sleep below the wind of 

 their fresh track, so that any one falling thereon and following it up is 

 sure to be heard or smelt before he can get within shooting distance. 



