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and cut the straps holding his bundle of furs as he ran 

 for a tree with the moose close behind him. 



Here the moose charged the guide again and again, 

 but, as the story runs, " of course the side that the 

 moose took would be minus Peter," and the moose was 

 compelled to turn around to renew the affray. 



Toward evening the guide made a run for another 

 tree, where he secured a stout shoot. To the end of 

 this he lashed his hunting-knife, and with this spear, 

 after several thrusts, he reached the neck of the moose 

 and killed it.* 



The following episodes, from a capital story of 

 moose-calling sent me by the writer, the late Mr. 

 George Walton Green, shortly before his death, illus- 

 trate the delightful method of pursuing the moose by 

 canoe in Maine, a trick of the resourceful guide in call- 

 ing the game, and the strict observance of the Maine 

 law, which permits the killing of only one bull-moose 

 in a season. The story appeared in Harper s Weekly. 

 Mr. Green says : 



" We started out one night to call, shortly after sup- 

 per, and paddled down Munsungan stream below the 

 dam at the foot of the lake. Coming round a bend we 

 heard an animal in the water a few rods away, ran 

 down on it, and I opened the jack. Half-way up the 

 bank I caught sight of what looked like a moose, but I 

 could see no horns, and did not raise my gun. To my 

 surprise I heard a whispered ' Shoot ! Shoot ! ' from 

 the stern of the canoe. 



" In those early days I was instantly responsive to 

 any suggestion from William, and I obeyed without 



* Outing, November, 1902. 



