MISSING A BIG MOOSE 73 



" Oh, don't think of that," said the dear old fellow ; 

 " that moose alive is worth $200 to me, for some other 

 fellow to shoot at. And don't fret yourself ; I've had 

 men come to me from ten times the distance that you 

 have come, and famous shots they were, too, and just 

 such a thing has happened to them. So come along 

 to the lake itself and let's see how things look there." 



It must be remembered that the moose was feeding 

 in the dead-water below the outlet of the lake. When 

 the shore of the lake was found we looked up and down 

 its length and breadth, examined the soft places for 

 tracks, but found none, and then we circled round its 

 upper end. 



Here we saw the skeleton of a bull moose lying in the 

 water, which had been killed a couple of weeks before 

 by one of Henry's " sports." The head, of course, had 

 been taken away, while the hide was left stretched out 

 upon a frame made of poles. There being no canoe on 

 the lake, it had been necessary for the men to build a 

 catamaran with which to get to where he fell in the 

 water. 



There was a smaller lake about a mile away from 

 Crichton Lake, and at a lower elevation, for, as has been 

 said before, Crichton Lake is at the very apex of the 

 mountain. For this small lake we wended our way. 

 Arriving there, we found no signs of moose, fresh or 

 old, and, therefore, without loss of time we turned our 

 steps toward the camp. 



