MOOSE DEER. Ill 



is a crust, and one much practised, is to be accom- 

 panied by a small, active dog, which, if properly trained 

 to his work, will never lay hold, but only snap at the 

 quarry's heels. The poor moose is thus soon brought 

 to bay ; but his active pursuer, whose weight is so 

 light that he does not break through the crust, 

 dances around him scatheless, snapping at every mo- 

 mentarily exposed point, and so engaging the victim's 

 attention that the hunter can approach the game 

 sufficiently close to deliver with certainty an unfailing 

 shot. 



The flesh of the moose, although sweet, is very 

 coarse. Still, many people prefer it to all other. I 

 cannot say that such is the case with me, good beef 

 being to my idea infinitely superior. The tongue, last 

 entrail, and especially the moufHe or extremity of 

 the upper lip, are great delicacies, more particularly 

 when eaten cooked in the primitive style of the 

 backwoods. It may be the wood fire, it may be the 

 want of seasoning, or more probably still the fresh air 

 and severe exercise of the hunt ; but all that I have 

 eaten when snugly housed about a camp-fire has been 

 relished with additional gusto. A bonne louche which 

 must not be forgotten, and which only the moose 

 hunter can enjoy, or those who live near the haunts of 

 this animal, is the marrow from the shank-bones of the 



