Lake Umbagog.
Moose Point
1896
Aug. 27
(No 9)
justifiable for the animal had no horns and was evidently 
a female. I fell into the error not exactly inadvertently but
rather quite naturally for the imposing size and threatening aspect
of the beast conveyed an impression of masculinity of which I
find it difficult, even now, to free myself. My guide, Will Sargent,
pronounces the track to be that of a "rather large" cow Moose.
If she was not really a very large one I have no wish to
be equally near to a big bull! The foot prints, where they
were clearly defined in firm, sandy soil, measured exactly
five inches in length by four and one quarter inches across at
the heels.
[margin]Moose[/margin]
  I made[sic] [may] add that I twice saw or thought I saw what
looked like a "bell" three or four inches in length depending
from the neck just above the chest. I cannot remember if
the cow Moose has this curious appendage. If she never does
have it I was of course mistaken.
[margin]Moose[/margin]
  The above are very fresh impressions of how this Moose looked
and acted but it must be remembered that I did not
see her to as good advantage as if it had been broad daylight. The
light, however, was reasonably strong at first and moreover
I had an excellent glass.
  The absence of old tracks on Moose Point & about
Leonard's Pond indicates clearly enough that this Moose
had come from a distance.