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making the faintest sound of any kind, for the 

 moose is endowed with the keenest sense of smell 

 and hearing. Pierre pointed silently to the trees 

 as they stole onward, and Paul saw that they had 

 been quite recently stripped of their bark, the 

 marks of the teeth being plainly visible in the 

 younger trunks. At length the Canadian stopped, 

 and pointed through an opening in the under- 

 growth. Trembling with excitement Paul looked 

 in the direction indicated, and saw a huge bull 

 moose, as big as a horse, browsing on the young 

 boughs of the tree beneath which he stood. 



" Fire," whispered Pierre, " aim behind the 



shoulder." 



The young man raised his gun, covered the 



mighty beast, and the report rang through the 



forest, followed immediately by the crashing and 



splintering of boughs as the affrighted animals tore 



their way through the undergrowth. 



"En avant ! en avant !" shouted the hunter to 



his dogs, who instantly dashed forward, and all 



three men were soon in hot pursuit. 



" Du sang; beanconp de sang',' cried the Canadian, 



on reaching the spot where the moose had first 



been seen ; " you hit him, Monsieur Paul, very fine. 



Let us show grande Vitesse — great hurry, and catch 



him quick." 



