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the gun one bit — no more noise than what he been 

 makin', and he thought he killed the _-."ose ; so I just 

 loaded quick, and I shot him too. V^ it fine moose 

 them was — both layin^ together on the rocks ! No moose 

 like them now-a-days, Ca})ten." 



It is not long since that an animated controversy ap- 

 jtcared in the columns of a sporting paper under the 

 heading " Do stags roar ? " It was decided, I believe, 

 that such was the case with the red-deer of tlie Scottish 

 hills, by the testimony of many sjMDrt-smen. I can testify 

 that such is also a habit of the moose, and many will 

 corroborate this st<iteraent. On two occasions in the fnll 

 I have heard the strange and, until acquainted with its 

 origin, almost apjjalling sound emitted by the moose. It 

 is a deep, hoarsen, and prolonged bellow, more resembling 

 a feline than a bovine roar. Once it occurred when a 

 moose, hitherto boldly coming up at night to the Indians' 

 call, htid suddenly come on our tracks of the previous 

 evening when on our way to the calling-ground. On the 

 other occasion I followed a pair of moose for more than 

 an hour, guided solely by the constantly repeated roar- 

 ings of the bull, which I shot in the act. 



Young moose of the second and third year arc later 

 in their season than the old bulls. Before the end of 

 October, when their elders have retired, though they will 

 generally readily a --er the Indians' call from a dis- 

 tance, they show great caution in approaching — steidthily 

 hovering round, seldom answering, and creeping along 

 the edges of the Ixvrrcn or lake so as to <]jet to leeward of 

 the caller, makiiig no crashing with their horns aixainst 

 the trees as do the older buUs, and always adopting the 

 movoc-paths. In consequence they are seldom called up. 



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