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RECREATION 



moose, also tracks of a very large 

 bull. Lee gave one or two calls on 

 tbe horn, but got no answer, thinking* 

 it too early in the clay he proposed 

 going" on up the river to another 

 island and trying calling* and wait- 

 ing*. He said it was a good crossing 

 place and we might catch one crossing 

 the stream and save the island we were 

 on until later in the day, when the 

 chances would be better for getting one 

 out. So up the river we went and 



beach a way and gave another call ; 

 walked back in the water, making a 

 splash as a moose would when walking 

 in the water. When he got up to where 

 I was he gave another call, which was 

 answered at once by grunting back in 

 the woods, with the wind blowing from 

 where the noise was towards us. We 

 both waited anxiously for him to make 

 his appearance, which he did in a few 

 minutes. When he was within a few 

 yards of the river bank he came into a 



THE WRITER WITH HIS MOOSE 



waited, watched and called, but did not 

 see or hear anything. Remembering 

 the night before and the big tracks on 

 the island caused us to leave about 2 

 o'clock. It began raining quite a bit ; we 

 pulled the canoe out of the water and 

 made a shelter of it by placing it on the 

 side with the bottom next to the wind. 

 Everything being in readiness, Lee took 

 the horn and gave a call, waited five or 

 six minutes, gave another ; not getting 

 any answer we ate some lunch ; then 

 Lee took the horn, walked along the 



bunch of alders, being in too big a hurry 

 to go around he reared on his hind legs 

 and broke the brush down with his front 

 legs. It was +hen that we saw that he 

 had a head that was worth getting. 

 When he had smashed through the 

 brush and came into view on the river 

 bank he was standing quarterly towards 

 me, giving a chance for a good shot, and 

 as we afterward measured he was three 

 lengths of our 16-foot canoe, making 

 the distance 48 feet from where I was 

 standing. I had a Winchester rifle, half- 



