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bear track at such a pace I could not follow. I was paying 
him ten shillings a day, and he could get five pounds at a mag¬ 
istrate’s for the bear’s nose. My starving to death in the woods 
was quite immaterial to him. But what are we to do now, 
Adella V 
“ ‘ O, no use any more try call Moose, if any near he hear 
gun, and no come to-night. We must stay and watch these 
Moose, or Fox and Lynx spoil um meat. Master Tom, you 
know how find um way, you go to camp and sleep—you almost 
all one Indian, now.’ ” 
Another method of taking Moose during the summer is a 
species of still-hunting, or stalking, which is performed by pad¬ 
dling cautiously along the shores of the lakes, under the covert 
of the underwood and bushes, or through the connecting rivu¬ 
lets or rivers by which the lakelets discharge their waters, and 
so come upon the game while bathing, unsuspicious, as I have 
above described. This sport is also brilliantly narrated by Mr. 
Wallop, and as I have never witnessed it myself, nor am aware 
of any other written description of it, I shall quote it in conclu¬ 
sion, as giving a perfect representation of Moose-hunting in 
summer in the provinces. The characters are the same with 
those introduced in the previous sketch : two Micmac Indians, 
“ Sabatisie,” and his brother, “ Adella,” both of whom I believe 
to be real personages; “ Howard,” an old resident and hunter; 
his visitor, “ Meadows.” The scene is Nova Scotia, the time, 
midsummer. 
“ The dawn was just visible, and a few stars still lingered in 
the gray sky, when I was as usual aroused by the Indians. 
How fresh is the first breath of the newly-awakened day ! What 
hour so life-invigorating! Braced by the thin pure air, the 
frame throws off its languor, and is at once ready for action. 
Walking forth, I joined Howard at the stream. ‘ Come,’ 
said he, ‘ rig up your tackle ; we may have some good sport 
before the sun is up : the fish, during this hot season, feed onlj 
before sun-rise, and two or three hours after sun-set.’ With 
the assistance of Adella I launched one of the canoes, and 
