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answered, ' Did you say, " Shoot? " ' Then on 

 his hfting the gun to his shoulder the muzzle 

 revolved in a circle. I reached up, took a 

 hold of his gun, and tried to steady the stock 

 for the shot. During the excitement the gun 

 went off, and much to my surprise down went 

 the moose; and after an examination we dis- 

 covered he was shot in the neck. As soon as 

 he fell the General dropped his gun, and into 

 the water he jumped, up to his middle. When 

 he reached the moose he began to pull at his 

 antlers, calling to me to pull his head out of the 

 water ; stooping he kissed the Roman nose, ex- 

 claiming at the same time, ' Oh, you are a 

 beauty! I came all the way from England for 

 you ' ; then he proceeded to climb onto the 

 moose's back, and from that position made 

 the finest speech I ever heard." 



The party started for camp at the usual 

 time, reaching it about 7 o'clock. The next 

 morning the cook was up by break of day 

 and had breakfast ready for an early start for 

 the hunting grounds. Tom and the nimrod 

 started, and left the cook in camp to bake 

 bread. Our destination was reached without 



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