MOOSE-CALLING. 10.1 



this time, anyhow; very much we thank you, Oiaud- 

 motlier." 



" It's a pity, Joe," I ol)H{'rvc(l, " that wc have not time 

 to see whether our offerings of yesterday are gone or not ; 

 l)ut mind, when ycju go up the hike again to-morrow to * 



bring out the meat, you don't forget your Grandmother, 

 for I really think she has been most kind to us." 'I 



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MOOSE-CALLING. 



Few wliite hunters have succeeded in obtaining the ;|. 



amount of skill requisite in palming off this strange |' 

 deceit upon an animal so cautious and possessing such 



ex(]uisite senses as the moose. It is a gift of the Indian, ';,• 

 whose soft, well modulated voice can imitate the calls of 

 nearly every denizen of the forest. 



As has been stated before, September is the first month 



for mouse-calling, the season lasting for some six weeks. p 

 I have seen one brought up as lat(,' as the 2.'3':1 of 



October. ts 



The moose is now in his prime ; the great palmated ?! 



horns, which have been gi-owing rapidly during lue 'Z 



summer, are firm as rock, and the hitherto-protecting ^. 



covering of velvet-like skin has shrivelled up and dis- ;■ 



appeared by rubbing against stumps and branches, heaving '':. 



the tines smooth, sharp, and ready for the combat. ■;■■ 



The bracing, frosty air of the autumn;il nights makes £ 



the moose a great rambler, and in a short time dis- | 



tricts, which before would only give evidence of his jj: 

 presence by an occasional track, now show countless 



impressions in the swamps, by the sides of lakes, and | 





