104 THE AMERICAN MOOSE 



anyway, without lightening the burden of a 

 homeward journey empty-handed. 



In addition to vigilance, persistence and some 

 measure of physical endurance are needed by the 

 still-hunter. Since the mountain will not come 

 to Mahomet, Mahomet must perforce journey to 

 the mountain. Occasionally one stumbles on a 

 fine moose and gets a shot without the long 

 patient search, but this is a rare exception to the 

 general rule. 



One sunny afternoon in early October I was 

 idling about a Nova Scotia camp. I was giving 

 little thought to moose, for my hunt had ended 

 successfully three days before. In front of the 

 camp stood a wagon on which my moose was 

 loaded; in the rear the oxen which were to draw 

 the load to the settlement were peacefully eating 

 their supper. A young man named Lovitt, who 

 lived in Yarmouth, and his guide, Clarence Gray, 

 were making us a visit. Lovitt had been hunting 

 unsuccessfully for ten days or so, making his 

 headquarters at a camp five or six miles below us. 



I chanced to be on the platform before the camp 

 when I heard a commotion inside. Lovitt had 

 sprung to his feet and seized his rifle, and was 

 jushing to the open window. I stepped to the 



