iio A Hunting Trip 



seen looking back with an expression of disap- 

 proval on his face, and often would say in his 

 quaint Irish dialect, " Ar-r-chie, not so much 

 noise with your paddle; we must get a bull 

 moose yet." Then would follow the remark 

 from him "Another cow," and with this remark 

 all interest at once abated. Going a few hun- 

 dred yards further we sighted a deer in the 

 water; this being new game, new interest cen- 

 tred in the doe. She was in the water at more 

 than 100 yards' distance from us; and it was 

 decided after a short discourse between the trio 

 that the nimrod should try a shot. After care- 

 fully adjusting the Eastman, click went the 

 shutter and off went the deer. After the 

 taking of her picture, the lookout was re- 

 placed in the bow of the canoe, and off we 

 went up-stream again in search of a bull 

 moose. We did not see any more game until 

 returning down water, when another cow 

 moose was seen feeding. 



While waiting for an answer to a love-call 

 of the birch-bark horn Tom told the following 

 story: "Last fall I had old General H., a 

 retired officer of the English army, out here 



