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animals. Thus he is not obliged, like the deer, to be always 
on the lookout for his safety. 
Have you ever observed the difference between the eyes 
of a moose and those of a deer ? The eyes of the latter 
are full and rolling and have a wide range of vision, so 
that the animal can see to the right and left of him as well 
as in front, but those of the former are smaller and deep- 
set, and are less alert and movable than in the deer. 
Whether because his senses are duller, or because he is 
more independent of danger, the moose may at most times 
be far more readily approached than the deer. Sometimes, 
if he has not recently been pursued, he will take no notice 
of a man coming toward him, or he will gaze steadily at 
the intruder until the latter is almost near enough to touch 
him. It has often happened that a man in a canoe has 
actually paddled straight into a bull moose feeding in the 
water before the animal has taken any notice of his presence. 
Moose are also very sound sleepers and may be closely 
approached without fear of awakening them. 
In hunting a moose that has once been started the usual 
method is to walk him down. A man, though likely to be 
distanced at first, can out-walk any four-footed creature in 
the long run, and three days are generally sufficient for a 
hunter, provided he can keep the trail, to tire out the 
strongest moose. During the first day he does not, ordi¬ 
narily, see his moose at all after first starting him. But he 
follows the trail, camping when it gets too dark to follow 
any longer, and resuming his pursuit in the morning. In 
the course of an hour or so he comes upon the spot where 
the moose has passed the night, having lain down as soon 
as he found that the man was no longer following him. 
On the second day the hunter will observe that the moose 
has stopped from time to time, as if to rest and listen, and 
very likely he may catch a glimpse of him, now and then, 
before sundown. The hunter camps upon the trail, as be¬ 
fore, and the moose lies down as soon as the hunter ceases 
to follow. On the third day the hunter gets still nearer to 
