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THE YOUNG BULL MOOSE THAT WAS FORCIBLY EDUCATED (SEE PAGES 449-450) 
camera, but his gait increased until he 
took wing, SO I returned to the spot 
where the rest of the family were doubt- 
less concealed and could faintly see the 
hen outlined in the thin grass, while the 
five or six young, almost at my feet, 
were not noticed until the old bird took 
flight, when they, too, popped up into 
the air, and with their short wings man- 
aged to fly out of the creek bottom and 
tumble into a willow thicket a few yards 
away. 
"Going to the lower end I had one of 
the guides walk through the willows, 
but before the family were driven out 
the cock returned in response to the call 
of the hen, and I finally got a picture 
of him standing boldly on a rock in the 
middle of the stream. The parents then 
led the young into a blue bed of flower- 
ing peas, and when the two returned to 
guard tlie retreat I got a portrait of the 
pair" (see pictures, page 466). 
Agaia, under date of August 27 : 
"While sitting in the spruce blind 
waiting for moose, I noticed a large 
hawk circling the marsh in search of 
prey. As it passed behind me there was 
a roar of wings, and turning I saw a 
brood of willow grouse in the air with 
the hawk poised above, apparently un- 
certain which victim to swoop down 
upon, but before this was determined 
the cock shot up straight as an arrow in 
front of the hawk and then the race was 
on. For the first 50 yards the two were 
separated by only a few feet, but the 
Vv^ay the cock suddenly increased its 
speed showed very plainly that flight was 
under check until the hawk was lured 
away far enough to give the surprised 
family a chance to find some sort of 
concealment. 
"In a minute or so the hawk returned 
and carefully circled over the hummocks 
of moss, looking intently for the slight- 
est trace of one of the covey. Down it 
suddenly dropped for a distance of 20 
feet — undoubtedly seeing the brown 
feathers of a partly concealed bird — but 
with equal speed the hen darted up, ap- 
parently hitting the body of the hawk 
just below the tail, and either because 
the talons could not clutch it in such a 
position or because unable to strike with 
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