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sportsman. All have recognized the acute senses of smell an 
hearing, and so they have acted upon the defective vision, some- 
times without clearly comprehending why it was that they were 
required so to act in order to insure success. 
THE MOOSE. 
We have reason to believe that the Indian was not partic- 
ularly successful in the capture of the Moose with the bow and 
the arrow. The’ great size, strength, and endurance of the an- 
imal rendered it difficult to bring him down with that weapon, 
unless at very close range, and his ability to detect the least 
sound, and to notice the least taint in the air, rendered a close 
approach very difficult. In summer time he was more fre- 
quently captured in the water. At that season he affects marshy 
grounds, where lakes and lakelets abound, and into these he 
plunges to escape the torments of the flies and mosquitoes, 
deeply immersing himself much of the time, generally with only 
his nose above water. In this position he could be successfully 
attacked by the Indians in their canoes, at sufficiently close 
quarters to make their arrows effective, or they could even dis- 
able him with blows before he could escape. This was often 
dangerous sport or business, whichever you please to call it, for 
a single blow from the antlers or the foot of a moose was suffi- 
cient to demolish or sink a canoe, when the hunter would be 
fortunate if he escaped with his life. This mode of pursuit was, 
however, generally successful, and much meat was obtained in 
that way by the natives. 
The Moose, and so of the other deer, have their favorite paths 
or highways in the forests where they abound, and in these they 
were frequently captured. For this purpose a lasso was cut from 
the green hide of the Moose, by following round it, cutting wider: 
at the thinner portions, till the desired length was attained. The 
hair was then closely shaved off, the thong twisted to the proper 
degree, and then stretched to the utmost, and in this position 
dried. After this it was made pliable to a certain degree, by 
working or use, retaining, however, sufficient rigidity for the 
purpose. This was suspended across a convenient limb, with a 
running noose at one end, which was suspended directly over the 
path, abundantly large for the head and antlers of the largest 
Moose to pass through, but sufficiently high from the ground to 
obstruct the passage of the feet. To the other end a heavy 
