CHAPTEE XIII. 



MOOSE-HUNTING WITH DOGS AND ON SNOW- 

 SHOES. 



IN March, 18 I was at Port Joli, Queens, Nova 

 Scotia, heretofore spoken of in this volume, on 

 my usual spring outing after geese and ducks. 

 Besides this being the famous resort and feed- 

 ing-ground of these birds, its backwoods then 

 for miles was equally the moose yard or pasture 

 of scores it would not be an exaggeration to 

 say hundreds of these noble animals. The 

 previous early autumn my business required 

 me, in company with locaters and surveyors, 

 not only to outline a 1000-acre lot, but 

 also to travel through and over it. It was 

 then we noticed what justifies me in making 

 the statement above as to the quantity 

 occupying those grounds. There were as sure 



