HABITS, HAUNTS, AND ANECDOTES 



crawled to the bank and secreted them- 

 selves as best they could under a neigh- 

 boring tree, while the animal made short 

 work of the frail craft he had suddenly 

 taken posession of. A reasonable time 

 having expired, the guides at the camp 

 became somewhat anxious as to the 

 safety of their charges, and started in 

 search. At the approach of another 

 craft the moose trotted off into the 

 woods, leaving the thoroughly frightened 

 sportsmen in their undesirable position, 

 where they were found and taken back 

 to camp, two sadder, and I might add, 

 wiser Oregonians, 



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