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did "sail" away! The bull as he ran was 

 blanketed on both sides by one or more cows 

 and at first it was impossible to get a clean 

 shot without hitting a cow. They ran to the 

 bed of the stream, which at this point was 

 half a mile wide. Here they spread out, 

 and a long shot at last brought down the bull. 

 He was in fairly good condition, having some 

 little fat on his back and intestines. His 

 stomach was filled with the white moss which 

 they are so fond of, and his antlers were mas- 

 sive and regular. 



The young bull that we had seen at a dis- 

 tance and thought but a spike horn we found 

 had a fairly developed set of antlers when 

 seen at close range. The cows looked espe- 

 cially sleek and fat and well conditioned. 

 The stalk had lasted so long and we were so 

 far away from camp that we left the head and 

 scalp to be brought home next day by one of 

 the men. We did not reach camp until about 

 eleven o'clock that night. 



The Chief had for some days been plan- 

 ning a "moose drive" and the following morn- 

 ing was to give us a taste of this new plan 

 of hunting the moose. 



In other sections of the continent where 



