ii8 THE AMERICAN MOOSE 



The moose, like Fuzzy- Wuzzy, requires a good 

 deal of punishment to make a post-mortem possible. 

 And it was said of Fuzzy- Wuzzy, it may be re- 

 called, that 



. . Vs generally shammin' when Vs dead." 



Belmore Browne"" tells of an early autumn hunting 

 trip in Alaska with A. J. Stone, in quest of speci- 

 mens for the American Museum of Natural History. 

 Two bulls were shot one morning, the pair falling 

 about a mile apart. The party were engaged in 

 dressing the smaller moose, intending afterward to 

 take care of the larger one, when they were visited 

 by a bull which appeared to be frightened. As 

 they wished only two bulls they took little notice 

 of the intruder. 



"We had been skinning for only a few minutes 

 when one of the Indians gave a grunt of surprise, 

 and in an instant our noble red men were franti- 

 cally shinning up the nearby spruces. Turning 

 we saw the bull running toward us through a 

 grassy glade, and we stood quietly watching 

 him as he came on. He had seen the flurry on the 

 knoll as the Indians scattered, but he seemed to 

 be uncertain as to which course to follow, for he 

 dropped into a walk and continued to approach un- 



« Outing, October, 19 15. 



