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and biscuit, a kettle, two tin pannikins, and a 

 small axe, with, I need scarcely say, rifle and 

 ammunition. The outfit is simple ; but the 

 hunter should look to everything himself, for an 

 Indian would leave his head behind if it were 

 loose. A good thick blanket is very necessary, 

 for moose-calling involves more hardship and 

 more suffering from cold than any other branch 

 of the noble science of hunting with which I am 

 acquainted. It is true that the weather is not 

 especially cold at that time of year, but there are 

 sharp frosts occasionally at night, and the moose- 

 caller cannot make a fire by which to warm himself, 

 for the smell of smoke is carried a long way by the 

 slightest current of air. Neither dare he run about 

 to warm his feet, or flap his hands against his 

 sides, or keep up the circulation by taking exercise 

 of any kind, for fear of making a noise. He is sure 

 to have got wet through wdth perspiration on his 

 way to the calling place, which of course makes 

 him more sensitive to cold. 



So I and the Indian shouldered our packs, and 

 started for the barren, following an old logging 

 road. Perhaps I ought to explain a little what is 

 meant by a " logging road " and a " barren." 

 A logging road is a path cut through the forest in 



