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any thing within 100 yards, you must aim below 

 the spot you wish to hit ; but this he did not 

 know, and I was too far from him to explain, 

 so he ranged, he told me, for the upper part of 

 his head as he stood side to him, calculating to 

 shoot him in the eye, but he overshot him, 

 and off he started again. 



" Hang the moose ! What's the matter 

 with him ? " 



"The moose is all right: you had better 

 say, ' Hang me ! what's the matter with 

 me?'" 



" Here, take your old gun : she's no 

 good!" 



" You would be nearer the truth to say you 

 are no good ! That moose is not for us, or we 

 should have had him before this." 



He has started again, Ready still in com- 

 pany. " Where are the rest of our dogs ? " 



In the excitement of the chase the thought 

 of them had escaped us, but here they are 

 coming panting. They must have been on 

 that other track. In our rush after the moose 

 when Eover and Eeady gave the first alarm, 

 another track was noticed crossing the one we 

 were on at right angles, going directly south 



