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instead of laid with a score of pitfalls and 

 every step filled with neckbr caking obstacles. 



We had had our fun for that night, so 

 paddled leisurely back to camp, well pleased 

 with the experience. 



Another allurement that we tried, which 

 was equally interesting, was moose-calling. 

 For this, my companion first made a moose 

 call. This was done by stripping a yellow 

 birch of a section of its bark, about three feet 

 long, which was rolled into a rude megaphone. 



This call was also used on a moonlight 

 night, when the witchery of the Hunter's 

 Moon was on the forest, and we went in the 

 canoe, as before. This is a favorite manner 

 of stalking game, as one can go so much 

 stiller than on foot. It must not be imagined 

 that we had any response to our entreaties 

 the first night or the second. In fact, it was 

 nearly a week before our patience was re- 

 warded. 



We were lying in a little cove, which was 

 an arm of a wonderful forest lake. The 

 canoe was held stationary by a paddle that 



