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shaved off, and all the sinew and meat adhering 

 were removed by means of a sort of chisel 

 made of the moose's shin-bone. The skin was 

 now washed in a pan of hot water. The 

 tanning of the hide by the squaws is done the 

 next summer. The various portions of the 

 moose were divided among the village. One 

 family got the head, another a slab of ribs, 

 another the fore-shoulders. The shin-bones were 

 roasted and cracked for their marrow ; the ears, 

 though nothing but cartilage, were roasted and 

 chewed up ; the rubber-like muffle, or nose, 

 and every particle of flesh, fat, or gristle that 

 could be scraped from head to hoofs, were dis- 

 posed of. Even the stomach was emptied of 

 its contents, boiled, and eaten." 



Though I have included the moose among 

 the big game of Muskoka, having frequently 

 come into personal contact with it, yet I should 

 consider that the State of Maine was cc the sport- 

 ing paradise " for moose. 



President Roosevelt gives a graphic description 

 of moose-hunting as follows : 



" Later in the fall I was again hunting among 

 the lofty ranges which continue towards the south- 

 east, the chain of the Bitter Root, between Idaho 



