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rounding country. The captain conducted me about half 

 a mile up the side of a steep hill, which had its base on 

 Long Lake, to another lake situated on the top of this 

 hill or mountain. While I recognize the fact that all 

 mountain lakes occupy different planes or levels, some 

 higher and others lower, still it seemed very unusual to 

 climb the face of a steep hill, commencing at one lake, and 

 find another just where you had expected to reach the 

 hill-top. This lake was nearly round and probably some- 

 what less than one-half mile in diameter. We saw, during 

 our morning peregrinations, many old moose-tracks, and 

 also many spots in the woods where these animals had 

 browsed ; while a few of these moose indications were 

 certainly of recent origin. 



The captain thought it wise to tarry in our present 

 camp several days, to kill deer and dry the venison, in 

 order that we might have a supply of meat while engaged 

 in moose-hunting, independent of that which we might be 

 able to kill during this period. 



We had unanimously agreed that it was inexpedient to 

 take dogs with us on the moose chase. In this particular 

 our experience fully confirmed the wisdom of our con- 

 clusion. The moose cannot be driven to water by deer- 

 hounds, or any other species of dogs with which I am 

 familiar; and, therefore, had we taken these animals with 

 us, they could only have served to announce our presence 

 to the game which we sought, without being able to render 

 any assistance. These facts will become more apparent 

 to the reader when he has read other portions of this 

 book, when the story of the moose-hunt has been told 



