CALLING THE MOOSE. 



Sport Roy;il, I warrant voii I 



— Tu'elfth Night . 



IX the latter days of September and the early weeks 

 of October the inaniinoth deer known as Uk- moose is 

 nuilinu. Then il is thai the woods of Maine, Nova 

 Scotia and New Hrnnswick are traversed by tlumsands 

 of sportsmen willi iheir <;nides all in sca-ch of one Ihmg 



a chance to kill a l)nlknu)Ose. Now ihc fc-mak- moose, 



in one particular, is very like some other ftmales of the 

 animal kingdom; she is coy and capricious, leading her 

 lovL-r "a merry dance o'er moss and fell," Ihnmgh bog 

 and swamp, along the margins of lakes and ponds and 

 lagoons or "lo^ans" as the latter arc called in this 

 region. At nii;lu she cnmes down to the water to feed 

 on the roots and toj^s of the lily pad which grows so 

 abundantly in slu-gish waters. If her mate be her 

 escoit. he u.sually stands on the bank, eyeing his spou.se 

 tenderlv as she feeds, and, with ears cocked, is ever ready 

 to protect her from all danger, real or fancied. 



If the bull moose has no cow of his own bnl is 

 merely ranging and scouring the country to hnd a sweet- 

 heart that suits his fancy, then is the time he is apt to fall 

 into a trap and a very sure one. ( )n a still night (and. 

 minil von, the ni-ht must be still ' around every lake, 

 pond and river where the moose frequents and feeds, the 



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