CHAPTER XXn' 



ASECDOTES OF MOOSE AND DEER HUXTING AMONG THE 

 NOBTHERX LAKES. 



I HA%'E already famished a description of two modes of 

 hunting deer, practised in the lake country ; one hy driving 

 them into the lake, the other, by candle light on the marsh. 

 "These are methods almost peculiar to this Ariondack region, 

 while there are several more which they practice there, in 

 common with many other parts, such as driving on the 

 " run-ways" — still-hunting, and hunting on the " crust" with 

 snow-shoes. 



Deer ai / so surprisingly abundant, that it is worth while 



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