HABITS, HAUNTS, AND ANECDOTES 



aroused, was dampened by the guide, 

 who motioned them to wait. There 

 was a good wind blowing, and it came 

 from the moose to the men. Moreover, 

 it made a noise in the trees, and whis- 

 pering was therefore safe among the 

 hunters crouched in the snow. The 

 guide informed them that there were 

 three moose in the bunch. The judge 

 and the banker could see but two, and 

 these presented as fair a mark as ever 

 man found for rifle. 



When the word was given the two 

 men fired, also the guide. There was a 

 movement among the moose, and the 

 hunters rushed forward to see the exe- 

 cution they had wrought. It was start- 

 ling. There in the snow, still kicking 

 and quivering, lay three large moose. 

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