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towards us at a slashing trot, its hair ruffled and tossing 

 his head. 



Arthur Lirette, who is one of the game wardens of the 

 Tourilli Club, called out to me to shoot, or the moose 

 would do us mischief, in a last effort to frighten it, I fired 

 over its head, but it paid no heed to this and rushed over 

 the stream at us; Arthur again called: &quot;Tirez, monsieur, 

 tirez, vite, vite, vite,&quot; and I fired into the moose s chest, 

 when he was less than twenty feet away, coming full 

 tilt at us, grunting, shaking his head, his ears back and 

 his hair brindled; the shot stopped him; I fired into him 

 again; both shots were fatal; he recrossed the little 

 stream and fell to a third shot; but when we approached, 

 he rose, grunting and started towards us. I killed him. 

 If I had not stopped him, he would have certainly killed 

 one or more of our party; and at twenty feet I had to 

 shoot as straight as I knew how, or he would have reached 

 us. I had done everything possible in my power to scare 

 him away for an hour and a quarter, and I solemnly de 

 clare that I killed him only when it was imperatively 

 necessary, in order to prevent the loss of one or more of 

 our own lives, and I make this solemn declaration con 

 scientiously, believing it to be true, and knowing that 

 it is of the same force and effect as if made under oath, 

 and by virtue of the Canada EVIDENCE ACT, 1893. 

 (Signed) THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 



Declared before me, this 24th day of September 1915. 

 (Signed) E. A. PANET, N. P. & J. P. 



TRUE COPY, 



S. DlJFAULT 



Deputy-Minister, Department Colonization, 

 Mines and Fisheries, Quebec. 



