ii8 A Hunting Trip 



physique, but a little lame from rheumatism — 

 a typical hunter and trapper, having spent his 

 whole life in the woods, and at the time not 

 a handsome man by any means; he wore his 

 moccasins, knit coat, and slouch hat, a real 

 character of his calling, and his face, which 

 had not been shaved or washed for ten days, 

 was black from the oil used to drive away 

 the flies and mosquitoes. From the day 

 he left home to the time he returned he never 

 fired a shot from his gun — in fact it was al-. 

 ways left in the tent. When asked why he 

 did not carry his gun his reply was, " Did not 

 come out to shoot ; that is your business, to kill 

 the game." His weapons of defence and in- 

 separable companions were his long knife and 

 axe, in the use of both of which he was very 

 skilful. 



The moose was then hung on trees and 

 bags tied about it to keep the blow-flies from 

 spoiling it, and a fire placed under for the 

 same purpose, as the flies were very nu- 

 merous and persistent. After hunting till 

 dusk, Archie shouldered the mooseskin, Tom 



