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almost incredible, but it's true. I thought I 

 had the sight on the centre of his shoulder 

 when I pulled the trigger, but Coghlan and 

 Thomas were trying to hold the canoe in the 

 swift stream, and it was rocking badly and, 

 anyhow, I missed. 



I was using my single-shot rifle by Holland, 

 and it took a second or two to get another 

 cartridge into the breech. But the moose 

 never moved a muscle until my second shot 

 struck him fairly in the middle of the shoulder. 

 Then he t^^rned slowly round and walked 

 towards the forest behind him. I fired again, 

 as quickly as possible, and saw him fall to 

 the ground. 



Landing at once, Coghlan and I ran up to 

 him. He was then lying flat on his side. I 

 thought he was dead, and so put my rifle 

 against a little bush and went up to examine 

 his horns. When I was quite close to him he 

 first raised his head, and then rose quickly to 

 his feet. 



Coghlan was then right in front of him, and 

 the wounded moose at once made for him, I 



