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wounded animal rise to its feet and hasten away 

 into the distance at full speed. I attributed 

 my companion's frantic efforts to disentangle 

 himself from my embrace to the natural Indian 

 dislike of any kind of emotional display, and 

 when at length he succeeded in drawing my 

 attention to the moose's flight, that animal had 

 entirely disappeared from view. After vainly 

 folloA\dng its sanguinary trail for many miles, 

 we were reluctantly compelled to abandon the 

 chase. I speak therefore feelingly when I urge 

 the sportsman to reload his rifle after every 

 shot, and never to be persuaded into thinking 

 that any quarry has been added to his bag 

 until his shikari has removed most of its internal 

 organs and he himself has been photographed 

 with one foot planted triumphantly upon its 

 lifeless corpse. 



A famous hunter once assured me that it is 

 often possible momentarily to arrest the flight 

 of any animal that has been missed or wounded 

 by the simple process of giving vent to a low 

 whistle. At such a sound the natural curiosity 

 of the creature gets the better of its prudence, 

 and it is tempted to stop and look round, thereby 

 offering another target for the man who has 

 his rifle loaded and his mts about him. Some 

 authorities affirm that no two animals answer 

 to the same signal, and that it is necessary to 



