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THE SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE; 



hours, and then went to hunt the moose or deer. 

 I followed the first trail that I struck. It 

 had been made by a red deer ; was still 

 fresh, but soon crossed another trail 

 which had been left by three moose. 

 This trail had evidently been made on 

 the previous day while it was still 

 snowing, and the tracks had been, 

 in some measure, obscured from 



Food for the ravens left by bruin. 



this cause. I plodded along slowly on 

 this trail about one hour, when I was 

 greatly delighted to find it crossed by 

 another which was fresh and made by 

 the same number of animals. I imme- 

 diately turned away from the old trail 



