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But no form of moose-hunting, I think, is 

 worthy to be compared with still-hunting. The 

 still-hunt must make greater demands upon a 

 man's power of endurance, readiness of resource, 

 knowledge of animal habit, quickness of sight, with 

 all the other qualities that go to make the success 

 of the big-game hunter, than all the other methods 

 put together. 



The particular hunt that follows has not been 

 chosen because it was one of the most successful, for 

 indeed it ended badly. Moose hunts sometimes do, 

 and this was only the third moose I had seen. 



We have all heard and read of the man who never 

 misses. Have you ever met him personally ? I never 

 have, and perhaps I never shall. But I know this, that 

 big as the moose is, it is easily possible to miss it. And 

 the instance that follows is a case in point. After all, 

 the interest of a hunt lies not always, nor chiefly, in 

 the kill ; and this, full though it was of disappointment, 

 was a very memorable hunt. 



A Still Hunt. 



Just a sense of coming day was beginning to feel 

 over the forest as Kakikapo and I left camp. We rose 

 at first a gradual hill covered with white shining 



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