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to look at him, the hair on its foreshoulders erect and 

 bristling. Running back, I took my kodak from the boat 

 and returned in time to take a photograph, including both 

 Selous and the calf, which was by that time trotting 

 toward the woods. The wind was blowing directly from 

 him to the calf. 



The others then came forward, and the moose was 

 dragged up on the bank and dressed. Here was meat 

 for the first time in several days, and we camped there 

 to enjoy the feast. Selous taught me a new delicacy 

 the udder, which was cut out and boiled for several 

 hours until soft and tender. The next morning it was 

 sliced, rolled in flour, and fried. It proved to be delicious, 

 the choicest morsel of the animal. The same is true, as 

 I learned later, of the udders of sheep, caribou, and deer. 



While dressing the moose a small black gnat, slightly 

 larger than the midge of Eastern Canada, swarmed about 

 us and its bite was particularly annoying. The small 

 gnats begin to be troublesome all over the northern 

 country about the middle of August, after most of the 

 mosquitoes are gone, and continue until well into Sep- 

 tember. They usually are found close to running water, 

 but are seldom seen above timber-line. 



We took our rifles and went out for the remainder of 

 the day, Selous going up the bars, while I went back on 

 the ridges between the Forks. I followed a brook through 

 dense spruces, swamps, and deep sphagnum moss, to the 

 top of a ridge. High up on these ridges I found well- 

 beaten moose trails, usually running parallel with the 

 river; in some places they were worn three or four feet 



