and her young about half a mile 

 off and the place afforded so much 

 shelter for a silently moving object 

 that Arthur gradually pushed her 

 toward them, until not more than 

 fifty feet of marsh grass and water 

 lay between. There she hid and 

 watched, and more and more the 

 charm of this life so different from 

 her own, so uncomprehended by us, 

 held her in sweet excitement. It 

 was inspiring as when one comes on 

 a sculptured group by Claud ian 

 standing on a pedestal amid other 

 beautiful things, but so compelling 

 attention by its surpassing grace of 

 line and modelling, that all else is 

 unnoticed, and one is translated to 

 another world where only the pure 

 tones of harmony are heard. 



For some time the moose fed, 

 the only sound being a faint crunch- 

 ing of their jaws as the juicy grass 

 was gathered in. A lazy ear now 

 and again flicked off a fly; the cow 

 calf gave her back a comfortable 

 rubbing when opportunity offered 

 in the shape of a fallen log of con- 

 venient height. The bull calf being 

 snagged in the flank by a sharp 



