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and around the place or zigzags back and forth, grad- 

 ually getting closer and closer until he is within a 

 few hundred yards, and then he will go slowly and 

 be sure that everything is just right. If there is the 

 slightest wind he will scent you, and off he goes to 

 some secluded spot ten or fifteen miles distant. The 

 best way is to get on the bank of a lake or river, with 

 the wind, if there is any, blowing towards the water, 

 and then the moose will go backwards and forwards, 

 quartering from one side to the other, until he is close 

 up. If you make a sound, take a step, or move your 

 cramped legs, all your trouble is for nothing, for the 

 old fellow will never stop to investigate, but will go 

 out of the country as fast as his legs can carry 

 him. 



" You are in no danger whatever from the moose, 

 for they never attack a man unless badly wounded 

 and unable to get away. But there are many strange 

 things that happen while you are lying out in the 

 swamp waiting for the moose to come. Sometimes 

 a big fellow will be answering your call and coming 

 towards you, and while your attention is directed 

 towards him you will be surprised by the appearance 

 of a young bull which has also been attracted but 

 which has come silently for fear of the big one. The 

 young fellow is not saying much, but the first thing 

 you know he stumbles in on you and spoils the whole 

 thing. 



" Sometimes the bull that answers will have a cow 

 with him. When he hears the call he will leave his 

 cow and start for the new one. The old cow gets 

 jealous and starts too, and while the old bull is thresh- 



