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snorting noise which can be heard from afar. Experienced hunters 

 have based a peculiar trick of the chase on the elk's method of 



Fi'^. 'Z'l. — The Elk Hunter — A Successful Shot. 



feeding. They listen to the usually watchful animal for several 

 nights in succession, and mark his whereabouts; thither in the day- 

 light they quietly carry a light, shallow-water boat; by night, guided 



