212 FRANK forester's FIELD SI'HKtS, 



bear track at such a pace I could not follow. I was paying 

 him ten Hhillinus a day, and h" could get five pounds at a mag- 

 istrate's lor the bear's nose. l\Iy starving to death in the woods 

 was (juite immaterial to him. ]5Ut what are we to do now, 

 Adellaf 



" ' (), no use any more try call Moose, if any neai' he hear 

 gun, and no come to-nighl. We must stay and watch these 

 Moose, or Fox and Lynx spoil um meat. Master Tom, you 

 know how find um way, you go to camp and sleep — you almost 

 all one Indiaji, now.' " 



Another method of taking Moose during the summer is a 

 species of still-hunting, or stalking, which is performed by pad- 

 dling cautiously along the shores of the lakes, under the covert 

 of the underwood and bushes, or through the connecting rivu- 

 lets or rivers by which the lakelets discharge their waters, and 

 so come upon the game while bathing, unsuspicious, as I have 

 above described. This sport is also brilliantly narrated by Mr. 

 Wallop, and as [ have never witnessed it myself, nor am aware 

 of any other written description of it, I shall quote it in conclu- 

 sion, as giving a perfect representation of Moose-hunting in 

 summer in the provinces. The characters are the same with 

 those introduced in the previous sketch : two Micmac Indians, 

 " Sabatisie," and his brother, " Adella," both of whom I belii^ve 

 to be real personages ; " Howard," an old resident and hunter ; 

 his visitor, " Meadows." The scene is Nova Scotia, the time, 

 midsummer. 



" The dawn was just visible, and a few stars still lingered in 

 the gray sky, when I was as usual aroused liy the Indians. 

 How fresh is the first 1 reath of the newly-awakened dav ! Wliat 

 hour so life-invigoraling ! Braced by the thin ]»ure air, the 

 frame throws oft' its languor, and is at once ready for action. 

 Walking forth, I joined Howard at the stream. ' Come,' 

 said he, ' rig up your tackle ; we may have some good sport 

 befoi'e the sun is up : the fish, during this hot season, feed only 

 before sun-rise, and two or three hours after sun-set.' With 

 the assistance of Adella I launched one of the canoes, and 



