CHAPTER XXIV. 



ANECDOTES OF MOOSE AND DEER HUNTING AMONG THE 

 NORTHERN LAKES. 



I HAVE already furnished a description of two modes of 

 hunting deer, practised in the lake country ; one by driving 

 them into the lake, the other, by candle light on the marsh. 

 These are methods almost peculiar to this Ariondack region, 

 while there are several more which they practice there, in 

 common with many other parts, such as driving on the 

 " run-ways" still-hunting, and hunting on the "crust" with 

 enow-shoes. 



Deer aj / so surprisingly abundant, that it is worth while 



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