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hundred yards of it. We supposed that when it saw us, 

 it would take to the woods. It however walked along 

 the edge of the water parallel to our canoe, looking at 

 us. We passed it, and gave it our wind, thinking this 

 would surely cause it to run. But it merely raised its 

 hair on its withers and shook its horns and followed after 

 the canoe. We shouted, but it paid no heed to us; we 

 then reversed our canoe and paddled in the opposite di 

 rection; but following us and threatening us, the bull 

 moose turned and walked the same way we did, we re 

 newed our former course, and thereupon so did the moose, 

 where the water was shallow, we did not venture near it, 

 but where the water was deep, we went within fifty yards; 

 and it then thrashed the branches of a young tree with 

 its antlers, and pawed the earth and advanced a little 

 way into the water towards us, walking parallel to our 

 canoe, it reached the portage trail, it turned and walked 

 up this trail and sniffed at our morning s tracks, and we 

 supposed it had fled; but on nearing the landing place, 

 we saw it standing in the trail, and it rushed down to 

 wards us and we had to back quickly into deep water; 

 we paddled on round the shore, hoping it would get tired 

 and go; we shouted and tried to frighten it, but it merely 

 shook its head and stamped on the ground and bounded 

 in a circle; then it swaggered along grunting, it kept 

 its mouth open, and lolled out its tongue and when it 

 turned towards us, it ran its tongue over its muzzle, 

 thus it accompanied us to and for an hour, cutting us off 

 whenever we tried to land; then it turned, and went up 

 the little stream, shaking its head, and galloping or 

 bounding not trotting, for fifty yards, it disappeared 

 around a bend of a stream, we waited a few minutes, 

 and landed, and started along the portage trail for camp, 

 after about ten minutes, the trail approached the little 

 stream; then the moose suddenly appeared rushing 



