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Hunting Big Game 



I have had 



enough 



moose 



after me; 

 hunting." 



The bull proved to be a very good specimen, 

 measuring in height six and a half feet; the 

 spread of the antlers measuring fifty inches. 



The trophy was soon removed, stowed away 

 in the birch-bark canoe, then a push and the 



In the Morning Twilight. 



canoe glided smoothly over the water in the 

 morning twilight toward camp, where the 

 head was skinned and cleaned ready for 

 packing. 



We spent a quiet day at this task, boiling 

 water to pour over the skull, after which the 

 head was in shape to dry as it hung, receiving 



