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September, 1922 
on tlie day following. It poured all 
night long but we slept soundly, rolled 
up in our warm blankets. I found it of 
much advantage to dig a hollow in the 
ground to fit the contour of my body, 
placing evergreen boughs in the hollow 
with their shank ends projecting out- 
wards at each side; the more boughs 
the more spring and comfort. This 
affords the best ready-made mattress 
for camping and is always available in 
wooded country. 
A second day of enforced idleness 
nearly drove us to despair. It still 
rained in a discouraging manner and all 
we could do was to wait and hope for 
fair days to come. I have tried hunting 
in rain storms but have never had any 
success. 
S EPTEMBER first brought snow in 
frequent flurries; the leaves had be- 
gun to fall and abundant blueberries were 
fully ripe. The signs of winter had set 
in and I longed to finish the hunt and 
get back home. On the following day 
the weather conditions changed for the 
better, so we started from camp early in 
a N. E. direction through tall timber 
and amidst willow swamps. At last we 
came to a lovely lake in a secluded spot 
and we noted with interest a place where 
Indians had camped many years ago. 
As we moved along in silence not a 
sign of life appeared; the dead calm of 
the lake with its lily pads and clear-cut 
reflections made a treat for the eye and 
a lasting impression on the imagination. 
Presently a hand touched my shoulder 
and the guide pointed to a little clearing 
in the timber. There, grazing on some 
buck brush, was a large cow moose. In 
less time than it takes to tell it, I fired 
and the huge beast fell over with a 
groan. We advanced and found the 
animal quite dead. She was a perfect 
specimen, measuring six feet high at the 
shoulder. Johnnie suggested that w'e 
continue on out to the lake to see if 
there were any other moose around the 
margin. I reluctantly consented, fearing 
that the noise of the shot just fired was 
sufficient to drive all game away from 
that locality. 
We had just reached the shore of the 
lake about 250 yards from where the 
dead moose lay when we spied a young 
bull moose trotting along at a good pace 
on the opposite side. He was 250 yards 
away when I fired and at the crack of 
the gun he plunged headlong down the 
bank and fell dead twenty yards out in 
the water. Two shots fired and two 
moose killed within twenty minutes ! 
Brown heard the shots and later 
joined us to help with the heavy work 
that was to follow. He and Johnnie 
dragged the bull moose from the lake 
while I worked at skinning the cow. It 
was a hard struggle skinning and saving 
the entire pelts of these animals. They 
were both measured in every conceivable 
manner and later the skins were re- 
moved without opening cuts up the legs. 
Those handled in this manner are called 
case skins. The advantage of this 
method lies in the elimination of ugly 
seams on the legs when the animal is 
mounted. 
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HERMAN<™SHOE 
Jos. M. Herman Shoe Co. 
MILLIS, MASS. 
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