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with which he measured a cow moose which his 

 companion killed, yielded results which the author 

 of The Maine Woods was compelled in candor 

 to repudiate after he had reduced them to feet 

 and inches. 



A thermometer in November will aid in forming 

 a judgment whether the rain is likely to turn to 

 snow, and whether the snow is likely to be crusted 

 after a thaw. 



In Nova Scotia and some portions of New 

 Brunswick, as well as in the remote Northwest, 

 there are many broad barrens, across or alongside 

 which the moose travel from cover to cover. 

 When hunting in such places a field glass will be 

 found useful. 



The equipment for a moose hunting trip, aside 

 from the articles here enumerated, will not differ 

 essentially from that with which the deer hunter 

 in the early fall would provide himself. 



