12 MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



CHAPTER II. 



MOOSE-CALLING IN NOVA SCOTIA Continued. 



AT the hour of calling we went to the 

 meadow, but nearer the head of it, and were 

 not much disappointed that we got no 

 response, as the neighbourhood had been too 

 greatly disturbed. Nor were we any more 

 fortunate the next morning. It was there- 

 fore decided that we would change our ground 

 for calling that night, and we went to a bog 

 on Big Broad River Lake a distance of over 

 two miles. This we reached about 4 p.m., 

 and as we stepped out on it to reconnoitre 

 and select spots for calling and concealing, 

 Jack noticed fresh tracks of an immense 

 moose, judging by their size, and^ in these 

 the mtiddy water had not settled, showing 

 that he had passed there very recently, and 

 could not be far away ; so we concluded to 



