Lake Umbagog, Maine
1893
Oct. 7
(No. 2)
  A shower drove me back before my work was finished. I had
just reached camp when nine rifle shots were fired in quick
succession in the direction of Moose Point. Presently Thurston
appeared and rowed into the landing to show us a fine buck he
had killed. It entered the water near the Outlet and swam di-
rectly for Moose Point which it had nearly reached when the
ninth shot (the only one that hit it) took effect in the neck
killing it instantly. It had poorly shaped horns with five
points and would weigh Will thought, fully 225 pounds. Its
lay on its side in the bottom of the boat, the fore legs doubled
the eyes wide open and not in the least dimmed or glazed. They
seemed to look straight in my face with an expression of gentle
curiosity but nothing of fear or pain. The bullet wound was in-
visible from where I stood and there was no blood stains, so
that it was hard to realize that the beautiful creature was not
alive. It had probably been driven to water by a hound which we
could still hear baying on the opposite shore. This Thurston
(a young man from Errol) has been very lucky with large game.
He shot a very large bull Moose last year (in September) in the
water near Moose Point. The head was so fine that it brought
$100.
[margin]A fine
Buck Deer
killed on
Moose Point[/margin]
[margin]Bull Moose
shot near
Moose Point[/margin]
  The evening was still clear and warm. We sat in our open
camp until ten o'clock talking and smoking. During this time