WILD LIFE ACROSS THE WORLD 



days over my quest. The very first evening after my 

 arrival at Mr. Pratt's place he and I saw one feeding 

 out in the lake. Getting into a light canoe, we 

 endeavoured to creep within range of it — photographic 

 range, of course. The proper method is to work down 

 with the sun behind you and paddle rapidly whilst 

 the animal is under water ; he, of course, being web- 

 footed, can stand on the mud and actually walk on the 

 bottom of the lake. 



He will remain down for something like half a 

 minute, then come to the surface with the water 

 streaming off his great head. Whilst he chews the 

 food he has gathered in his mouth he will gaze at 

 you steadily, then, as though having decided that 

 after all you are of no interest, he will sink out of sight 

 again. I was fortunate enough to get several pictures 

 of moose feeding in this way, also of them plunging 

 towards the bank when they had discovered that the 

 canoe contained a possible enemy. Unfortunately, on 

 each occasion there was a fairly stiff breeze blowing, 

 a fact which made photography difficult, and the 

 pictures were not so steady as I could have wished 

 them to be. 



On one occasion I got quite close to a moose, too 

 close really, as events proved. He was standing on 

 a bank fifteen feet above the water, just at the edge 

 of the timber. Mr. Pratt had a little too much way 

 on the boat, and as a result I found myself almost 



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