1 10 The Home of the Wolverene and Beaver. 



It was one thing to talk about hurrying, but 

 quite another to accompHsh it, for the moose had 

 selected the worst route possible, and the hunters 

 were impeded at every step by tangled thickets 

 and boughs of fallen trees, o\'cr or through which 

 the moose from their great strength made their way 

 with ease and rapidity. When running away from 

 danger the moose always adopt the same method ; 

 the male leads, breaking the way for the others, 

 who follow in his tracks so exactly that it appears 

 as though only one had passed. In case of meet- 

 ing with an obstacle they are unable to overcome, 

 the herd branch off and reunite, if possible, further 

 on. Such happened in the present instance, for a 

 huge tree, fallen through old age, lying directly in 

 the path of the animals, they divided into two 

 parties, the wounded bull taking to the left, whilst 

 the cow and calves turned off to the right. 



" Good-bye, Paul," shouted Groves, as according 

 to the arrangement he followed the latter, "you 

 need not expect to see me back in camp to-night, 

 for I shall follow up the game until I bag them all 

 three. Good luck, old fellow," and waving his hand 

 in token of farewell, he disappeared in the under- 

 growth. 



" Vcnez done, come along, Monsieur Paul, the 

 moose very much bleed, he not far off." 



