A MOOSE HUNT ON SNOW-SHOES 137 



the dogs, and even charge the hunters, unless he has only been over- 

 taken after a very lengthy chase, when he is generally too exhausted 

 to wage any serious battle with his foes. 



The writer knows a New Brunswick guide who nearly lost his 

 life from the attack of a moose in winter. The animal charged 

 and broke his gun to pieces. In the end the hunter killed the moose 

 with a weapon made by binding his sheath-knife to the end of a 

 long stake, thus providing for himself a most effective kind of sj>ear. 



