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suddenly lift his rifle and fire, and im- 

 mecli rds a splendid bull elk 



trotted past in front of me, evidently un- 

 touched, the teamster having missed. The 

 elk ran to the other side of two trees that 

 stood close together some seventy yards off, 

 and stopped for a moment to look round. 

 Kneeling down I fired at the only part of 

 his body I could see between the two trees, 

 and sent a bullet into his flank. Away he 



, and I after, running in my moccasins 

 over the moss and pine needles for all there 

 was in me. If a wounded elk gets fairly 

 started he will go at a measured trot for 

 many hours, and even if mortally hurt may 

 run twenty miles before falling ; while at the 

 same time he does not start off at full speed, 

 and will often give an active hunter a chance 

 for another shot as he turns and changes his 

 course preparatory to taking a straight 

 So I raced along after the elk at my 

 very best speed for a few hundred feet, and 

 then got another shot as he went across a 

 little glade, injuring his hip somewhat. 



