i 4 MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



the slightest warning, we were greeted from a 

 clump of second-growth birch and maple on 

 the edge of the bog, with " Bwah ! " We were 

 prepared for anything in front of us, but 

 coming so abruptly, and from such an un- 

 expected quarter, I jumped well, I won't 

 attempt to say how high, but high enough to 

 make me conspicuous to the moose, and con- 

 vince him that he was on the wrong tack. 

 On examining the tracks in the morning, we 

 were certain it was the same moose whose 

 prints we had seen in the afternoon, and we 

 found, on further examination, that he had 

 been in the neighbourhood of the " lean-to " 

 during the night, had taken our scent, and 

 gone off again. We concluded to leave that 

 ground undisturbed that day, and return the 

 next afternoon. On getting back to camp 

 during the forenoon, we found that Bruin, in 

 our absence, had evidently smelt the moose 

 meat, and had been trying to get at it, but 

 without success. Knowing his appetite would 

 not be satisfied without a further attempt to 

 gratify it, we decided to sleep that night with 

 our eyes open and lights and fires out, that 

 we might be ready to receive him. 



