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feet of water, his head resting on the bot- 

 tom, his hind parts just visible. 



We proceeded at once to make a raft by 

 cutting some dry pine trees and lashing 

 them together with ropes. Mr. Norrad and 

 Mr. Moone succeeded in towing the moose 



RAFTING ON LITTLE LAKE. 



near shore, when he grounded. They im- 

 mediately abandoned the raft, jumped into 

 the ice-cold water up to their arms, and 

 hauled him near enough to attach a rope 

 to his horns, when the 3 of us finally suc- 

 ceeded in hauling him near the bank. The 

 raft was then brought alongside and by 

 means of skids, ropes and handspikes, we 

 landed him high and dry. 



I was highly elated.. Mr. Norrad, who 

 has had much experience, said the moose 

 was one of the largest, if not the largest, 

 he had ever seen. Three experienced per- 

 sons estimated the weight of the moose at 

 1800 pounds. On examination, we found 

 that both of the shots in the flank had 



passed entirely through the body, and that 

 cither of them would have instantly killed 

 or disabled any ordinary animal. The shot 

 in the forehead had penetrated one-half 

 inch just at the base of the horns and the 

 bullet had crumbled as fine as shot, part of 

 it being melted in the skull. It had not, 

 however, gone through the skull, which at 

 that point was over one inch thick and as 

 hard as ivory. 



Judging from what the guides tell me 

 and by my experience I feel sure that had 

 I depended on my 30-30 the result might 

 have been different. While I regard the 30- 

 30 as a hard shooter, it does not, in my 

 opinion, carry sufficient lead to give a par- 

 alyzing shock to so large an animal as a 

 moose, especially during the mating season, 

 when they seem to possess abnormal vital- 

 ity. 



The next day I returned to the main 

 camp, leaving the guide and 2 men to bring 

 in the trophies. On my arrival there, mu- 

 tual felicitations were exchanged between 

 the doctor and me. I learned that he and 

 his guide, Benniah Norrad, had seen 6 bulls 

 and one cow 3 miles Southwest of the 

 main camp, the same day that the doctor 

 shot his moose. Judging from the number 

 seen and heard during our stay and from 

 the signs about the various lakes, there 

 were nearly 100 moose within a radius of 8 

 miles from our main camp. 



Mr. Norrad is well equipped with 2 good 

 log camps and will build 2 more the com- 

 ing summer. These outside camps are 

 readily reached by good trails from the 

 main one, from which provisions, etc., 

 can be taken by a one horse sleigh to the 

 outside camps. Mr. Norrad's territory is 

 leased from the actual owners of the land, 

 and is easily reached from Boistown. I 

 can not speak too highly of the Norrad 

 brothers. They are scrupulously honest, 

 strictly temperate, industrious workers, and 

 thoroughly qualified for tfieir position as 

 guides. 



At the camp we left Graf von Armin, an 

 attache of the German legation at Wash- 

 ington. After a day's rest, we started on 

 our return home, well pleased with our 

 success. 



Church — I see a California man who 

 raises Belgian hares claims to have one as 

 large as a voting cow. 



Gotham — I never could believe any of 

 those hare-raising stories. — Yonkers States- 

 man. 



