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ally took a few steps towards ''Sir Ivanhoe," 

 who now had stopped his boasting. 



Near the margin of the little lake was a 

 slight elevation of the soil, perhaps a foot and 

 a half in height. Upon this "Brigham" took 

 his stand and calmly looked his opponent 

 over. He made no "talk" whatever, but just 

 stood and looked with all the majesty of his 

 kingly presence. On his side "Sir Ivanhoe" 

 appeared to wonder at the size and weight 

 of his opponent's great antlers as he stood be- 

 fore him, and then, believing that "discretion 

 was the better part of valor," he followed the 

 example of the three young bulls who had fled 

 before him. Quickly turning around, he 

 lost not a minute in taking himself out of 

 sight and of hearing. 



Thus closed the drama of the Moose fam- 

 ily on the second day of our observations, and 

 for that season at least the question as to which 

 bull should be master of the herd was settled. 



The morning of the third day found us once 

 more on the peak of the third pinnacle, and 

 once more we failed to locate the moose for a 

 couple of hours. Then we spied them feed- 

 ing near the base of the fourth butte. This 

 we climbed, arriving at the top between nine 



