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sound as it reminded me irresistibly of a hmiian 

 being in the throes of sea-sickness. 



Just about this same time, in the last days of 

 September, Mr. Rungius, who had had some 

 experience of moose calling in New Brunswick, 

 called up two bull moose in one evening. Mr. 

 Osgood was with him, and told me all about it 

 later on. 



The first moose was a young bull, and came 

 up to the call very rapidly. He not only kept 

 grimting loudly, but continually clashed his 

 horns against the trees and bushes. When he 

 was quite close, but amongst some very thick 

 spruce trees, another bull was heard approach- 

 ing, and came into full view at a distance of 

 about three hundred yards. He seemed to be 

 a very large animal with a fine pair of horns, 

 but, unfortunately, when he came near and drove 

 off the younger bull, it was too dark to see him 

 or to shoot. Still this was another case of a 

 white man, who could not have had any very 

 gTcat experience in moose calling, succeeding 

 in overcoming the suspicions of two bulls, and 

 luring them both within shot in one evening. 



