THE NAMES OF THE MOOSE 233 



To one of the guides was assigned the position 

 of cook, and supper was soon in preparation. 

 Meanwhile the tired sportsmen unpacked their 

 dunnage and made ready for a brief residence in 

 the moose country. 



A lamp with a dingy chimney, hanging from a 

 roof timber, cast uncertain rays over the cedar 

 spHts which covered the roof, and over the rough 

 logs of the walls. It disclosed a number of bunks 

 across one end of the cabin ; it showed pegs and 

 nails to serve the purposes of wardrobe hooks and 

 gun-racks; it showed the stray antler of a moose, 

 blanched and gnawed, and fastened to a log on the 

 side of the cabin, accommodating a store of well- 

 thumbed magazines, while underneath the lamp 

 a trap door in the floor, near the stove, covered a 

 cavity where the occasional sweepings could be 

 consigned to obscurity. For decoration the camp 

 boasted two or three calendars of previous years, 

 allowed to survive for the sake of their pictures, 

 and a few cartoons of a recent Presidential cam- 

 paign, of interest by reason of the moose which 

 was represented in them. 



As the hot biscuit and tea, fried pork and pota- 

 toes disappeared from the rough table the question 

 of a name for the camp was raised. Various 

 suggestions met counter proposals. " Camp Moos- 



