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the province in the autumn of 1887 that the 

 killing of any moose (bull or cow) until 1890 

 was illegal. Up to the date of writing this I 

 have been unable to get any definite information 

 on this point. 



Two of the most fatal methods of destroy- 

 ing game in the lumber-region used to be by 

 ' hounding ' and by snaring moose. Both are 

 illegal now, and in Ontario, as the close-time 

 endures until October 1st, it would seem that 

 ' calling ' could no longer be successfully practised 

 by those who wish to abide by the law. 



Moose are snared by means of a springe 

 attached to a strong young tree by the side of 

 one of their most frequented paths. Caught by 

 the leg in this springe, they are hoisted almost 

 off their legs by the tree, which their struggles 

 have released from its bent position, and spend 

 days perhaps of helpless misery until the poacher 

 despatches them with a bullet from a safe 

 distance. 



This noble beast falls an easy prey, too, when 

 ' yarded ;' that is to say, when, having chosen his 

 winter quarters, he has collected all his clan 

 together in a kind of fold trampled out of the 

 deep snow. Seventeen were killed on one day 

 in the winter of 1886, by one Indian, who came 

 across them under these conditions. He did not 



