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moment we thought we had missed him; hut a 

 glance at his hloocl on the snow soon dispelled that 

 notion, and we found him not 300 yards away, 

 lying down to stanch the wounds, when a speedy 

 shot finally disposed of him. Kot a mile from that 

 spot, we caught sight of another enormous hull- 

 moose ; hut as it was getting dark, we only got a 

 parting glance at him " making tracks " through the 

 timber, but from what we did see of him he must 

 have been a monster. 



Altogether that day was a pretty successful one. 

 Finding so much sign in this section of the country, 

 we camped there about ten days, but the greater 

 part of that time we could not go out owing to snow- 

 storms, and so were kept in camp. Even thus we 

 were not idle, as there was some beaver sign by the 

 river we were camped on, and we trapped a couple 

 of fine ones in consequence. The soup we made 

 from their tails will be always something to realise 

 only in dreams. Of fish, too, there was an incredible 

 abundance ; and as we fortunately found in our 

 "war-bags" some odd flies, we soon got some rough 

 tackle together, and by the aid of a pine pole and a 

 primitive line I hauled out on one occasion, albeit 

 no expert at the gentle art, ten splendid trout in a 

 couple of hours, which must have turned the scales 

 at thirty pounds. To give some idea of the ravenous 

 craving these "uneducated" beauties had for a bit 

 of colour, I may mention that before I had landed 



