Sport in an Untouched A merican Wilderness 



Modern Acadian Travelling. 



moose may come very near the sportsman, 

 the latter cannot see his intended victim ; 

 and the result is, that four moose are 

 wounded and lost for every one that is 

 killed on the spot after dark. Braithwaite 

 never calls at night, but trusts to his ability 

 to outwit the moose in broad daylight. 



When the guide uttered the remark 

 above quoted we were camped on Little 

 Southwest Lake, a body of water about four 

 miles long. Getting into the canoe the 

 next morning, we paddled up to the head 



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