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only reasonable that preference should be given to it. 

 Those who meditate elk-hunting will do well to practise 

 snap shots both with rifle and gun (say at forty or fifty 

 yards, and even more) at a target; and if they can 

 only procure that extremely "rara avis in terris," a 

 dead donkey, stuff him with straw, and put him on 

 stilts, they will have the nearest approach I know of to 

 the real thing. 



The following account of moose-hunting in Nova 

 Scotia, furnished me by a gentleman who has had 

 practical experience both in that country and in 

 Norway, will, I think, be found interesting : 



" There are three ways of hunting the moose in Nova 

 Scotia, ' creeping' ' calling,' and hunting on ' snow 

 shoes.' I have had no experience of the last, not 

 having remained in those parts late enough in the 

 year ; but I believe it is but poor sport, as the wretched 

 moose sinking in, the snow must sooner or later be run 

 down, and you can get a shot at ten yards if you like. 



" ' Creeping ' (i.e., following in autumn with In- 

 dians by the track, or stalking} is the true sport, and I 

 believe is only practised in Nova Scotia. 



" The Micmacs are first-rate hunters. I had the best, 

 I believe, in the province, though he was getting 

 rather old. His instinct, for such it seemed, was mar- 

 vellous. I was out for about three weeks in the woods 

 in Nova Scotia in the latter part of September and 



