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make a " point " like a pointer dog. Every 

 quivering fibre in his body proves his excitement. 

 He v^U point out something dark to you among 

 the trees. That dark mass is a moose, and you 

 must fire at it without being too careful what part 

 of the animal you are going to hit, for probably 

 the moose has heard you and is only waiting a 

 second before making up his mind to be off. 



Generally speaking, the second man sees the 

 moose first. The leader is too much occupied in 

 looking at the tracks — in seeing where he is going 

 to put his foot down. The second man has only 

 to tread carefully in the footsteps of the man 

 preceding him, and is able to concentrate his 

 attention more on looking about. The moment 

 you spy or hear the animal you should imitate the 

 call of a moose — first to attract the attention of 

 the animal, which, if it has not smelt you, will 

 probably stop a second to make sure what it is 

 that has frightened him ; secondly, to let the 

 Indian in front know that the game is on foot. 

 Moose-creeping is an exceedingly difficult and 

 exciting pastime. It requires all a man's patience, 

 for, of course, you may travel day after day in this 

 way without finding any traces of deer. To the 

 novice it is not interesting, for, apparently, the 



