A NEW BRUNSWICK HUNT 



was quite shapely. As I surveyed the pros- 

 trate form of this pride of the Canadian 

 forest, I thought that it was no particular 

 skill of mine which had brought it within 

 easy reach and secured me a fine trophy. It 

 seemed to me as though the original owner of 

 the antlers had almost made me a present of 

 them. We do not greatly appreciate things 

 which come too easily into our possession. 

 I would have been better pleased if the royal 

 beast had made the shot more difficult and 

 had given me a chance to 1 exercise my skill. 

 He may have mistaken me for one of those 

 sportsmen who tremblingly pass the gun to 

 the guide and ask him to shoot. 



During that time I saw another moose, 

 which I declined to shoot, because, as I in* 

 formed a friend, I had all the law allowed, 

 and for the further reason that "it had no 

 head." When I informed my friend that 

 the moose u had no head," he seemed some- 

 what incredulous, but after I .explained that 

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