OF THE MOOSE. 



To hunt moose successfully one must 

 " rough it," and sleep without a fire, as 

 the best time to hunt is at sunset and 

 daylight, and with their keen sight and 

 scent a fire means no moose. 



In his visits to the Maine woods half 

 a century ago, Thoreau made copious 

 notes about the moose, which was then 

 slaughtered indiscriminately, by Indians 

 and others, for their hides. This 

 slaughter, which could not be called 

 hunting, shocked the gentle naturalist 

 from Concord, who made the prediction 

 that " the moose will, perhaps, some day 

 become extinct, and exist only as a fossil 

 relic." This may be true, but the animal 

 has judicial friends, and so long as they 

 protect him, it does not appear as if 

 the moose could become extinct from 



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