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We have determined to spend the morning in search 

 of moose in the vicinity where we discovered them yes- 

 terday. The captain thinks it probable that there may 

 still be some herds which have remained undisturbed on 

 these feeding-grounds. The whole forenoon was spent 

 without sighting the object which we sought. It was 

 scarcely light this morning when we started from our 

 camp. The captain led us promptly to the spot where 

 he had shot the old buck on the previous evening. We 

 found him buried beneath the snow, and quickly removed 

 his skin, which was added to the captain's pack. We then 

 proceeded to search diligently for moose, found a single 

 trail, followed it about two miles, having started him from 

 his bed during the tramp ; but, inasmuch as the wind was 

 unfavorable, he scented us from afar and was off without 

 affording us even a momentary glance at his lordship's 

 person. The storm had ceased before we left the camp 

 this morning, although it was still cloudy, but the sun came 

 out towards noon without producing any visible effect upon 

 the snow, since it was yet cold. We returned to the camp 

 where we had spent the previous night soon after twelve 

 o'clock, prepared our dinner ; discovered that our bread 

 and coffee were exhausted, and therefore decided to start 

 immediately for our camp near Sugar-Bush Lake. The 

 captain thought we might succeed in reaching this point 

 some time during the forenoon of the next day. It was 

 with feelings of despondency that we moved away from 

 the scenes of our recent chase, that had afforded us much 

 pleasurable excitement, although we had failed to secure 



the coveted prize. 



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