136 THE AMERICAN MOOSE 



"When everything was ready, they started half 

 an hour before dayhght to go into the woods about 

 half a league from their enclosure, separated from 

 one another eighty paces, each having two sticks, 

 which they beat together, marching slowly in this 

 order until they came to their enclosure. . . » 

 When they reach the end of their triangle they 

 begin to shout and to imitate wolves, which are 

 plentiful, and which devour the deer." The drive 

 was repeated every two days, and in thirty-eight 

 days they captured one hundred and twenty 

 deer."* Snares were usually set at the narrowest 

 part of the enclosure to guard against the possi- 

 bility that the animals would break down the 

 barrier and all escape. 



The Indian frequently employed the snare 

 in his moose hunting. For this purpose he used 

 a strong strand of moose hide, twisted, stretched, 

 and dried, and then worked until sufficiently 

 pliable. A slip-noose of this material was sus- 

 pended where moose would be likely to pass — 

 over a runway or near a spring. The line was 

 run over a strong upper limb of a tree, and a 

 heavy clog was attached to the end farthest from 

 the noose. The animal's head once in the noose, 



* Voyages and Explorations of Samuel de Champlatn, translated by 

 A. N. Bourne (N. Y., 1906), vol. ii., pp. 91-93. See also New Englands 

 Pr aspect t by William Wood (London, 1634), port ii., chap. xv. 



