we strung out behind 
him scarce knowing 
what to expect. We 
Had not far to go. 
Less than one hundred 
yards from where the 
first dark blotch had 
appeared we came 
upon the recumbent 
form, half hidden in 
the underbrush. We 
‘circled carefully, but 
there was no move- 
ment of limb or twitch- 
ing of muscle. The 
giant two-year old bull 
of the greatest of Can- 
ada’s fauna _ would 
never again plunge 
his tempestuous way 
through the forest. 
It was almost too 
stunning to believe. In 
but little more than 
an hour’s hunting the 
most prized of all the 
trophies of the chase had fallen to the 
party. Less than half a day’s direct 
travel from the bustling metropolis 
and we were in the heart of the primi-°* 
tive woods and had encountered the 
wildest of its inhabitants. It was dif- 
ficult to realize the two were so close. 
HE next morning we returned to 
the moose in the woods with the 
object of stringing it up in a position 
where he would be safe and dry out 
properly. One who has not had occa- 
sion to handle a thousand pounds of 
moose meat in one piece can have no 
conception of how awkward and un- 
wieldly it can be. Our combined physi- 
cal efforts and recourse to every engi- 
neering device we had run across in a 
varied experience resulted in repeated 
failures, while the camp’s one length 
of rope began to look like a monk’s 
rosary. Then in the general despair 
the guide got his own way and, utiliz- 

This is just a “posed” snapshot to show the folks; it didn’t really 
take the whole party to land this fellow. 

Along a Canadian trout stream—a good place for moose. 
ing the fork of a tree and intelligently 
distributing the manpower at his dis- 
posal, accomplished the desired, and 
the great animal was suspended in all 
his magnificent length. 
The matter confronting us now was 
to get the carcass to Montreal, for we 
were anxious to have him exhibited in 
such guise that there would be no mis- 
conception as to his mightiness and im- 
pressiveness. The conviction of hav- 
ing fired the shot which felled him was 
shared by one-half of the party, while 
the other half, separated, could be re- 
lied upon to utilize powerful imagina- 
tions. 
HOUGH river transportation was 
but three and a half miles or so 
away, they were not:miles that could 
be lightly spoken of. The only indi- 
vidual we knew in the country who 
could possibly help us was the agent 
at the “Keepover” on Lake Number 
Three, an establishment where loggers’ 
supplies, etc., 
were kept over 
the summer. 
We accordingly 
gave up a day 
to visit him en 
masse and try 
the effect of our 
combined _ per- 
suasions and re- 
sources. 
It was on the 
way there that 
we gathered in 
an awed and 
reverent group 
at the point 
where Lakes 
No. 1 and 2 are 
joined by a nar- 

row ribbon of river. I hesitate to tell 
about it, for we unanimously fixed on 
this spot for a return trip next Octo- 
ber, and only do so because there are 
two other log cabins in addition to 
the one we have appropriated. 
T is a region of remarkable loveliness, 
the island-dotted expanses of water 
stretching in either direction, the woods 
coming close down to the shore, and 
the pine-clad mountains rising majes- 
tically above them. I have never known 
a more suitable location in every way 
for a camp, and scarcely anyone seems 
to know of it. 
The next morning we met the team- 
ster on the tote road, led. him into the 
wood, and superintended the loading 
of the moose upon the jumper. Two 
of the more energetic of the party ac- 
companied it to the river, axes in hand, 
to remove the more obdurate obstacles 
and encourage the teamster who had 
undertaken no light task. We saw our 
trophy on its first stage of the jour- 
ney with a good deal of satisfaction, 
and with this accomplished didn’t care 
much what else happened. 
HE next day was a very full and 
busy one. After an early break- 
fast packs were again loaded, this time 
considerably lightened through the al- 
most total consumption of the food we 
had brought with us. Not this alone, 
however, accounted for the portage be- 
ing so miraculously easy as compared 
with the first trip, so that we found 
a delight in making it in a single 
stretch without a rest. We floated the 
moose which had been waiting upon 
the bank and proceeded to tow it 
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