Photo by George Shiras, 3rd 



moose: CAIvF 



This animal was found feeding some distance from its mother and was approached to 

 within 15 feet in a canvas canoe covered with pine brush. Note its splendid condition and 

 the reflection in the water. 



return for me in plenty of time to be 

 picked up by the launch. 



PREPARING I^OR the: FLASHLIGHT BATTLK 



"After the men had passed out of 

 sight, I began preparations for the com- 

 ing bombardment. The little table, made 

 of driftwood, in front of the guides' 

 tent, had been left standing, and on this I 

 placed two cameras, facing down the elk 

 trail. To a stake 30 feet away were 

 hung some trout, with a string running 

 to the flashlight apparatus. Impatiently 

 I awaited the coming of twilight, sitting 

 for a time on the edge of a hill watching 

 some moose feeding in ponds a few hun- 

 dred yards this side of the river. 



''As the day declined the light of the 

 nearly full moon became so brilliant that 

 I could see plainly 75 yards down the 

 trail. I was surprised, as time passed, 



that there had been no signs of the bear, 

 and at half past nine concluded to lie 

 down in the sleeping bag, where I had 

 not been more than five minutes when 

 a metallic click indicated that a bear or 

 some other animal had pulled the string 

 of the flashlight machine and that it had 

 missed fire. Hastily looking out of the 

 tent, I saw a larg©, dark animal leisurely 

 devouring the fish, and knew it had al- 

 ready thrown open the shutters of the 

 cameras ; but, in the absence of an illu- 

 minating flash, the effort was a failure. 



''For a minute this was disconcerting, 

 until I recollected I had a hand flashlight 

 apparatus, loaded for any emergency, and 

 that by crawling to the cameras I could 

 fire this and get precisely the result that 

 would have been obtained had the other 

 one gone ofif. 



"This plan I attempted to put into exe- 



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