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us from the shore, running to meet us wherever 

 we tried to go." 



Finally the moose left, following a stream 

 which flowed parallel with the portage trail which 

 the party in the canoe must take to reach their 

 camp. After waiting a few minutes the party 

 landed and started up the trail. 



"A couple of hundred yards on, the trail led to 

 within a few yards of the little river. As we 

 reached this point a smashing in the brush beyond 

 the opposite bank caused us to wheel, and the 

 great bull came headlong for us, while Arthur 

 called to me to shoot. With a last hope of frighten- 

 ing him I fired over his head, without the slightest 

 effect. At a slashing trot he crossed the river, 

 shaking his head, his ears back, the hair on his 

 withers bristling. 



'^'TireZy msieUy tirez! vite^ vite!' called 

 Arthur; and when the bull was not thirty feet 

 off^ I put a bullet into his chest, in the sticking 

 point. It was a mortal wound and stopped him 

 -short. . . . 



"I do not believe that this vicious bull moose 

 had ever seen a man. I have never heard of 

 another moose acting with the same determina- 

 tion and perseverance in ferocious malice; it be- 

 haved, as I have said, like some of the rare 



