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that struck his antlers, so I took a shot at the broad leaf of 

 one of his horns, not ten feet from me. I laughed till I cried 

 at the result. The moose gathered his four feet under him 

 like a broncho, and began a waltz. He went around about a 

 dozen times; then he began to paw at his nose with his fore 

 hoofs, standing, I think, on his hind legs, like a goat. After 

 four or five minutes of that sort of thing he started down 

 the trail. But he seemed to remember something, and turned, 

 about five rods away, and started back. I concluded to try 

 for the antlers once more, and when he was about three rods 

 ofiE I stepped out and fired again. I think I missed him that 

 time, but the flash and noise seemed to make an impression, 

 and he hit the trail back at top speed." 



This encounter took place August 20, 19 19. The conduct 

 of the moose in seemingly looking for trouble was sufficiently 

 unusual to be worthy of record. 



D. 



NEW ZEALAND'S MOOSE EXPERIMENT 



The moose's range, as it has existed from time immemorial, 

 circles the earth, but it extends at no point so far south as 

 the fortieth degree of north latitude. A few efforts have been 

 made to extend this range, the most interesting of which is 

 that to introduce moose in New Zealand, in the Southern 

 Hemisphere. Writing of this experiment Capt. T. E. Donne, 

 Secretary of the New Zealand High Commission in London, 

 says: 



''The first moose taken to Nev/ Zealand were secured from 

 the Hudson's Bay Company in British Columbia. Fourteen 

 youngsters were shipped from Vancouver in January, 1900. 

 The steamer carrying them encountered a very severe storm, 

 which lasted five or six days. The young moose were in crates 

 in the fore part of the ship, and as she took an enormous 

 quantity of water ten of them were either drowned or killed 



