OF THE MOOSE. 



they half walked, half crawled for up- 

 wards of a mile. 



They saw moose signs that seemed to 

 them good. At last the guide held up 

 a warning hand, and proceeded more 

 slowly than formerly. 



After many cranings of his neck and 

 changes of position, he drew aside a 

 branch and told his followers by signs 

 to look in the direction he indicated 

 with his snow-covered mitten. They 

 looked, but could see nothing special at 

 first. The guide patiently pointed out 

 to them a clump of bushes against which 

 he could see the heads of two moose. 

 The animals were lying down, with their 

 heads to the wind, as is always their 

 custom. The hunters were for firing 

 precipitately, but their ardor, so quickly 



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