172 SPORT AND TRAVEL PAPERS 



Nature's supplies have come to an end and they are forced to 

 change quarters. There is no douht that both in summer and 

 in the deep snows of winter large numbers of moose are killed in 

 violation of all game laws and all true sporting instincts, simply 

 for the sake of their skins ; but, unfortunately, in an immense 

 country like British North America no such laws can be strictly 

 enforced. In the "fall" and early winter, when moose are 

 allowed to be shot, they are constantly on the move, and only to 

 be killed in two ways either they must be brought to the rifle 

 by " calling," or the rifle must go to them, by " creeping " ; and 

 this is only likely to meet with success when sufficient snow has 

 fallen to make the hunter's footstep noiseless and the spoor 

 easily followed. To any one fond of true sport and Nature at 

 her best, nothing is more enjoyable than a stay in these glorious 

 woods in the " fall." 



The owl was nearly right in her prophecy, the loon quite. 



