The Big Moose of Little Tobique 



A couquest for a prince to boast of. 



HENRY IV. 



BOASTING is the badge of the fool. No dyed-in- 

 the-wool sportsman will use it, for he knows too well 

 that his exploits are not due solely to his skill. It is 

 true that the writer succeeded, where other ambitious 

 " sports " had failed, in capturing the " Big Moose of 

 Little Tobique," but this was not because they had 

 been less expert, but for the reason that he had more 

 luck and perseverance. Luck is a potent factor in 

 the hunter's success, and none knows the fact better 

 than himself. 



And now, in the words of the crook-back Richard, 

 " I will retail my conquest won " and as briefly as its 

 attending incidents will permit. 



The Tobique River flows into the St. Johns River 

 about a hundred miles from the mouth of the latter at 

 the city of St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada. The 

 Tobique has four branches and these unite at " The 

 Forks," sixty miles from its mouth, and are named the 

 "Serpentine," the "Sisson," the "Right-hand branch" 

 and the "Left-hand branch" or "Little Tobique." 



The latter rises in the two Nictau Lakes and these get 



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