72 MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



three others we found that had taken the hrook 

 leading from the foot of the lake to the 

 harbour, and so for a time were lost to us, but 

 not altogether, as that day we went out into 

 the harbour and on to the ledges with Eeady 

 and captured two more there. Eleven birds at 

 one shot was and is unusual luck. That night 

 or the one following our shot, the shore of the 

 lake was lined with gunners who had heard our 

 cannonade, and I suppose came for our geese ; 

 but no others came that night, nor for several 

 after. Our geese were wonderfully fine ones, 

 none dressing under 8 Ibs., while one weighed 

 10 and another 11. I have made some remark- 

 able shots at blue-wings by moonlight, when 

 they were feeding upon the tide towards the 

 shore, as at night they huddle very close, each 

 one being hard against his neighbour, and 

 with their bills in the mud they make a noise 

 that is deafening. 



On one occasion, between sundown and 

 dark, with the tide flowing, my companion (a 

 young man of the settlement) and I observed 

 some hundreds of birds feeding towards a point 

 forming a creek, and judged by their move- 

 ments they would pass close to the point, so 



