HABITS, HAUNTS, AND ANECDOTES 



over depressions in the ground, and 

 over fallen trees and big rocks. The 

 hunter had to jump, run, slide, and bound 

 along as best he could. He saw nothing 

 but the moose, and he saw him only as 

 one sees an express train disappearing 

 in a fog. Whenever, by some change in 

 the course of the animal, or a favorable 

 turn in the ground, a shot was offered, 

 the hunter fired ; then he would pump 

 another cartridge into the chamber of 

 his rifle, and resume the pace. 



Thus tearing at break-neck speed 

 down a rough mountain side, the sports- 

 man, followed by his puffing guide, 

 gradually came up to the moose. The 

 bullets had taken effect, though not in 

 a vital part, and the animal was weak- 

 ening. But moose and hunter plunged 



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