254 MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



towards home. We stopped an instant as we 

 came to it, and decided to follow it going out, 

 but the two dogs that had just come to us 

 must have been following ifc. However, we 

 could give them no more thought then. 

 Eeady and the moose were away and out of 

 sight. Occasionally away in the distance 

 could be heard his yelp. 



" What is that?" said E. "It sounded 

 like a gun." 



" Yes ! it was a gun too. There must be 

 some others out as well as ourselves." 



So we continued travelling, hoping Eeady 

 would come back. Had he been with us, we 

 would have gone no further, but we feared to 

 return without him, so, trudging along, not 

 very happy at the turn of affairs, of which 

 your humble servant got the principal blame, 

 we came out into a beaten log-road which E. 

 knew, and suggested we go to Freeman's 

 Camp, which was alongside of it, one-third 

 of a mile further on, have our lunch there, 

 and get some warm drink. 



So we took off our snow-shoes to relieve our 

 feet, and away we scaled as fresh as when we 

 left home. 



