214 RECENT HUNTIKG TRIPS. 



about which I am writing to give much time 

 to the contemplation of the wonderful picture 

 so suddenty presented to me. 



A magnificent specimen of a moose was 

 walking past me, right in the open, and well 

 within shot. A sudden eddy of wind might 

 have alarmed it at any moment, and I did 

 not want to take any risks about securing a 

 pair of horns, whose equal for size and rugged 

 beauty I was never likely to see again. I 

 therefore fired as quickly as possible and my 

 bullet must have passed right through its 

 heart as I afterwards found that it had struck 

 the centre of the shoulder. 



At the shot the great bull stood still, and re- 

 loading my single barrelled rifle as quickly as 

 possible, I fired a second shot, which again 

 pierced its shoulder within a few inches of the 

 first inflicted wound. For some seconds the 

 dying animal still stood motionless, and I had 

 reloaded and could have fired again before it 

 fell, had I not felt sure that it was mortally 

 wounded. Suddenly, without ever having 

 moved its feet fi'oni the moment my first 



