OF THE MOOSE. 



tion. In this instance it was evident 

 that the stronger had gone to his death 

 because of his strength. One of the 

 two was much stronger than the other, 

 and under ordinary circumstances this 

 would have secured him the victory. 

 As it was, the advantage was fatal. In 

 rushing at each other, the antlers of the 

 two locked together, and it was then 

 that the larger moose thought he had 

 the smaller one at his mercy. So he 

 had, as far as the ability to push him 

 about and force him back was con- 

 cerned, but when the larger animal 

 forced the smaller into the lake, both 

 were indeed in a common peril and 

 shared a common fate." 



Moose are not secured in a day. In 

 fact, the greater majority of sportsmen 



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