CONTENTS 



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DEDICATORY 3 



APOLOGETIC 5 



MOOSEHEAD LAKE 11 



CUPID IN THE WILDERNESS 19 



CALLING THE MOOSE 25 



AN UNEXPECTED TREAT 33 



KILLING THE CARIBOU 36 



MORE OF THE MOOSE 45 



A LOST MAN AND A WOUNDED MOOSE 52 



A CAPRICIOUS BEAST 64 



MY FIRST BULL-MOOSE 74 



A CARIBOU HUNT 85 



A LOST MOOSE 96 



THE BIG MOOSE OF LITTLE TOBIQUE 101 



THE LOST WALLET 125 



A CLOSE CALL 132 



THE FUN OF HUNTING 149 



A FlRE-AND- WATER MEDLEY 156 



A DAY IN THE BIG WOODS 161 



A DEAD-WATER VIGIL 174 



DOG-DAY ADVICE 186 



A TALE OF GALLANTRY AND HUNGER 190 



A BEARDLESS SPORT 204 



A TREACHEROUS COWARD 211 



THE GREAT NORTHWEST 227 



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