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white pine, spruce, hemlock, maple, and cedar 

 trees. 



Along the way one of the Indians pointed 

 out an old rotten hollow tree where he had a 

 " fisher " trap set the previous winter, a 

 " fisher " being of the weasel family. Com- 

 ing to a small pond we found fresh signs of 

 moose plentiful, so concealing ourselves we 

 waited very patiently for them to return. 



On our way to camp Frank the guide told 

 us that he had had a falling out with. Louis, the 

 other Indian, about sharing the burdens of 

 camp life, and also that he, Louis, threatened 

 to inform on the nimrod for illegal shooting, 

 whereupon the nimrod announced in very 

 plain language what Louis might expect if 

 he did not turn over a new leaf and do better, 

 and hinted of the bear-traps. 



Returning to camp through the woods the 

 nimrod found the shovel of a moose horn 

 which had been shed. All moose lose their 

 antlers once a year, but, singularly, very few 

 are ever found; this may be due to the fact 

 that in time they become soft and porcupines 

 and other small animals eat them, the one 



