OF THE MOOSE. 



but soon veered off. At a closer range 

 this might have been interpreted as a 

 fierce charge of the dying bull, though 

 it was merely an aimless start of surprise. 

 He fell, with the ball behind his shoul- 

 der, and we found him quite dead. It 

 was a fatal one, though it failed to stop 

 him until he had gone fifty yards. 



There was one section I had not 

 visited, and this was to the east, in the 

 direction of the brook which had proven 

 too small for floating logs. So it was 

 that after pulling the cabin door to, I 

 made tracks toward the stream, which 

 I knew must be asleep under four or 

 five inches of ice and two feet of snow. 



In half an hour's time I had reached 

 the bank and crossed over, keeping close 

 to it all the time. I had not gone far 

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