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He was at least seven feet liigli from lioof to horn, 

 and directly be saw me advance lie seemed to 

 address himself to me in a supplicating manner. 

 Alas ! I had taken too much trouble to get this 

 chance to feel any ]}itj, and my ball struck him 

 full in the chest. The severity of the blow aroused 

 the instinct of revenge in the animal, and he 

 turned upon me fiercely. As I could not escape 

 in my snow shoes, I awaited his attack, and fired 

 again when he was close upon me. The poor brute 

 rolled over, the blood spouting from his nose and 

 mouth. The Indians who followed me, after making 

 sure that my quarry had lost all power of being 

 dangerous, then rushed up. 



This was the largest quadruped of the deer tribe 

 I had ever seen. He was as big as a horse, and his 

 horns were a yard and a half in height. It was the 

 first moose I had ever seen outside a museum, 

 and he seemed to me a noble brute. The Red 

 Skins lost no time in cutting up my quarry, and the 

 skin, head, and the choicest pieces were soon placed 

 on a pair of tohogins, the rest being left for the wolves, 

 the kites, and the eagles ; and when this ceremony was 

 concluded, we made the best of our way back again to 

 the rendezvous. McLean arrived there shortly after 

 we did, and he also had killed a moose. We were 

 both furiously hungry, and thoroughly enjoyed the 

 marrow-bones and kidneys, which the Indians served 

 up as soon as possible. The rest of the choice 



