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snow as man could desire. That so good an 
opportunity should be wasted in Sabbath sloth 
seemed hard to us, but Sandy and Joe, the 
guides, accepted the situation philosophically, 
Sandy announcing his intention of doing some 
overdue laundry work. 
In the afternoon, tiring of camp, I went for 
a stroll, taking my ride, just for the feel. of 
the iron. I was out three hours, and during 
that time I saw fresh signs of moose and wild¬ 
cat, about thirty grouse, and the partly de¬ 
voured carcass of a moose calf, evidently killed 
early that morning by a bear. A short dis¬ 
tance beyond this spot, as daylight was fading, 
I struck across the segment of my semi-circle 
in a bee line for camp, reaching it just as the 
camp fire began to glow ruddily among the 
trees. Hot biscuits and tea, with sundry heavier 
comestibles, a pipe or two, yarns by the guides, 
plans for the morrow, sleepy yawns, then 
blankets and bough bed, and the “long day’’ 
of the woods was ended. 
We were astir betimes. More snow had fal¬ 
len during the night and the woods were fairy¬ 
land, but the air was far too calm for ideal 
still-hunting. For sheer joy of being in the 
wilds, however, I never knew a day to beat it, 
and the fifteen-mile tramp accomplished be¬ 
tween sunrise and sunset was full of delightful 
impressions. Although both Mr. Keeling and 
I crossed not a few fresh moose tracks, we saw 
none worth following; but he had the good 
luck to shoot a bear, which blundered upon 
him as he sat on a “blow-down" etating his 
lunch of doughnuts and cheese. This was the 
only bear we saw during the trip. Signs of 
others were abundant, however, and I feel 
certain that anyone with a liking for bear hunt¬ 
ing could find some excellent and exceedingly 
cheap sport in that section, if assisted by a 
good guide and a well-trained hound. He 
would also, in all probability, pick up a wildcat 
or two, these animals, which sometimes weigh 
40 pounds, being very numerous and affording 
a most exciting chase. 
Tuesday was a gray day—the sort of day 
when one feels that hunting is work, if not 
drudgery, albeit there is ever an underlying fas¬ 
cination that keeps one pegging along. I 
walked quite twenty miles over rough country, 
and sighted two cows and one bull moose, 
which, however, had a small head for his bodily 
development. Mr. Keeling had better success 
in getting within forty yards of a big head 
after a long stalk; but he returned to camp 
looking very glum, for, owing to a defective 
cartridge, he had failed to score. He brought 
back the cartridge with him, and after supper 
we interested ourselves in filing it open. 
Curiously enough, the shell, though supposed 
to have been filled by a reputable maker, con¬ 
tained no powder! 
Two days later, at three o’clock in the after- 
nooon. Mr. Keeling, hunting on a hardwood 
ridge a few miles west of our camp, brought 
down a large bull moose with a medium-sized 
but very symmetrical head, and at 3.15, while 
hunting east of the camp, I shot a smaller bull 
bearing a head of twenty-four points, with 14 
inch palms and a spread of 52 inches. We ar¬ 
rived back at camp simultaneously, each pre¬ 
pared to be graciously consoling to the other, 
but our self-complacent feelings underwent a 
swift change when we discovered the true state 
of affairs. 
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hunt moose cheaply or not at all, Nova Scotia 
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trip, is a mere bagatelle. Apart from shipping 
and railway fares, hotel charges, and the cost 
of supplies, which can be bought to best advan¬ 
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guide, $2 per clay; canoe or horsed vehicle, 59 
cents or $2 per day respectively. Some of the 
guides have complete outfits, others are rather 
badly off in this respect; but. for the benefit 
of sportsmen who are unfamiliar with hunting 
conditions in Canada, I may say that the uni¬ 
versal custom is for the guide to provide his 
own blankets, of which three per man are 
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HITTING vs. MISSING 
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