124 CANADIAN NIGHTS 



that when standing at one edge we could see 

 only the upper half of the pine trees which grew 

 at the other. The rise appeared to be quite 

 gradual, and the effect was as if one stood on an 

 exceedingly small globe, the natural curvature of 

 which hid the opposite trees. 



To return to our calling. We got out upon the 

 barren, or rather upon a deep bay or indentation 

 of a large barren, about four o'clock in the after- 

 noon, and made our way to a little wooded island 

 which afforded us shelter and dry ground, and 

 which was within easy shot of one side of the bay, 

 and so situated with regard to the other that a 

 moose coming from that direction would not 

 hesitate to approach it. The first thing to be 

 done is to make a lair for oneself — a little bed. 

 You pick out a nice sheltered soft spot, chop down 

 a few sapin branches with your knife, gather a 

 quantity of dry grass or bracken, and make as 

 comfortable a bed as the circumstances of the 

 case will permit. 



Having made these little preparations, I sat 

 down and smoked my pipe while the Indian climbed 

 up a neighbouring pine tree to *' call." The" only 

 object of ascending a tree is that the sound may 

 be carried further into the recesses of the forest. 



