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rated to us occurrences which had taken place after his 

 separation from us. He said, " I discovered, very soon 

 after leaving you, another herd of moose, in which there 

 were two large bulls ; succeeded in getting within fifty 

 yards of one of these animals, which was standing with his 

 head towards me ; no other part of his body being visible 

 at this time. I was unwilling to fire at the forehead lest 

 the ball should glance from the bone without doing any 

 signal service. I determined, therefore, to wait a more 

 favorable opportunity when the game moved from its pres- 

 ent cover, — hoping he would then present for my shot a 

 more vulnerable part of his body. I had not long to wait 

 when the movement was made ; but, to my great disgust, 

 the moose so turned as to become immediately and en- 

 tirely invisible to me, and I could not again secure a 

 glimpse of this fleeing animal ; in the mean while, all the 

 other members of this herd had made their escape." The 

 captain here added, " Was not this luck enough to make 

 a saint swear.'*" The interrogatory which immediately 

 followed was, "What did you shoot at?" "I had started 

 to come in when an old buck jumped up before me. I 

 fired at him ; the first shot broke his leg, and the second 

 brought him to a full halt. It was then nearly dark and 

 I did not stop to skin him, but will attend to that in the 

 morning." 



Thus ended the day's chase, and as supper was now 

 ready, we proceeded to refresh ourselves as the next order 

 of business. The performance of this labor produced a 

 most salutary effect on our worthy captain. The angry 

 expression I had observed on his face immediately after 



