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forest, where these moose were slain, since a careful de- 

 scription of the scenes enacted here will not fail to interest 

 any sportsman. 



Already the shooting has been described which occurred 

 on the slope of this hill while the moose were standing on 

 its summit ; and there remains little to be said of the old 

 cow, since life was extinct before we reached the spot 

 where she fell. The bull, when discovered, was about 

 four or five rods distant from the point where the cow 

 had fallen. He was at this moment standing on his fore- 

 feet, drao^orino- his hind limbs alonof on the o-round, 

 endeavoring occasionally to get once more into the natural 

 standing position, but all these efforts were fruitless. The 

 poor animal had been paralyzed by the ball that had been 

 fired at his rump, and passed upward, wounding the spinal 

 cord in the lumbar region. The appearance of the old 

 bull was not only pitiful but likewise savage at this mo- 

 ment. He was so severely wounded that he could not 

 escape from his enemies, or even make that defence which 

 his gigantic proportions declared him fitted for under 

 more favorable circumstances. The size of the animal 

 may be inferred from the fact that he was found to meas- 

 ure between the top of his shoulders and the bottom 

 of his hoofs seventy-eight and one-half inches, while his 

 symmetrical antlers showed a spread of nearly six feet. 

 We viewed this noble beast while he was yet alive ; the 

 hair on his whole body was standing erect, thus naturally 

 increasing the apparent size of the animal and like- 

 wise giving to him a more savage aspect. The long, 

 erect hair, covering the top of the shoulders, increased the 



