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endeavored to locate the place where these successes had 

 occurred, and, at the same time, to fix the limit or the ex- 

 treme range of the moose. Both the captain and Welling- 

 ton aereed that their successful moose-hunts had taken 

 place near the divide of the water-sheds of the Maganeta- 

 wan and Ottawa Rivers, about twenty-five miles west of 

 the source of the Petarwawa River. They were united 

 in asserting that they had killed their moose within a space 

 of less than two miles square, but they supposed that the 

 moose ranged over a space in this forest seventy-five miles 

 square. Wellington supposed the centre of the moose 

 region to be near the source of the Petarwawa River, and 

 he was inclined to urge us forward to that point as the 

 most desirable spot to commence our hunt. 



The captain, however, opposed this suggestion on the 

 grounds that it would be almost impossible to transport, 

 from a point so distant, our trophies. It was also apparent 

 to me that, inasmuch as neither of my guides had ever 

 been in the Petarwawa country, it would probably be 

 better to keep on the ground with which the captain was 

 already familiar. The question which I raised in the early 

 part of my sojourn in the woods, during this hunt, was, 

 How shall we most advantageously locate the whereabouts 

 of moose in the greatest abundance? The fact was recog- 

 nized by all our party that the moose might be found 

 scattered over a very large portion of this territory, but 

 it was also unquestionably true that in certain districts 

 they would be found in large numbers. I had carefully 

 discussed, with the captain and his brother, the most prac- 

 tical method of startincr a moose-hunt, and had sues^ested 



