HABITS, HAUNTS, AND ANECDOTES 



I'll not try to record the many excit- 

 ing incidents of those glorious morning 

 and evening watches ; how this one saw 

 his lordship in broad daylight swagger 

 across the open, just out of rifle range ; 

 how that one, in the darkness of the 

 homeward trail, called a jealous bull 

 so near that he could hear him breathe 

 ere the tell-tale human scent turned his 

 course ; or how another stalked a cow 

 moose by mistake, and watched her 

 some time, vainlypioping her lord would 

 call ; for every hunter knows of these 

 slips, making success more pleasant 

 when it is yours. 



I must tell you, however, of that still 

 October morning, of the faint mist ris- 

 ing from the lake, of the bright hills so 

 fairly mirrored by the clear waters, and 

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