e hunter knows what he is about, and keeps well
to leeward and under cover, he can frequently get near enough for a
shot; but his powder must be strong and his gun true, or his bullet will
not penetrate the animal's thick skin.

We killed three elk in as many different ways: one by stalking up to it,
another by lying hid behind some bushes till it came near enough to
receive the fatal shot, and a third by following it up on horseback.
The last chase was the most exciting, and had we not got on to some
swampy ground, I believe that after all the elk would have escaped us;
but heading it we got a fair shot at its chest, which brought it to the
ground.

The next day Robin and I again accompanied the Indian chief on foot, in
chase of moose. We caught sight of a large animal feeding in the open,
but could not for a long time get near it. At last it moved off, and we
followed till it approached a small pond with a reedy island towards one
end of it. The moose plunged into the pond and swam towards the reeds,
among which it disappeared. There was apparently no firm footing for
it, and it must have remained almost if not entirely under water.

The chief declared that it was hiding itself beneath the surface, and
that if we would wait patiently we should see it again come up, when we
should to a certainty kill it. We, accordingly, moving cautiously round
the pond, hid ourselves among the reeds in a spot from whence we could
see the place where the moose disappeared. We must have remained
upwards of an hour, when at length the moose rose to the surface, and,
swimming a short distance, began to wade towards where we were
concealed. We were afraid of moving, even to get our guns pointed at
it, lest we should startle it--as these animals are very sharp of
hearing--and it should swim off in the opposite direction.

Nearer and nearer it came, till it was well within shot, when the chief
made a sign with his head, and Robin and I fired. The moose made one
desperate plunge, then fell over dead. The chief had reserved his fire,
lest we should have missed. He now, giving us his gun, rushed into the
water, and dragged the dead moose to shore. He was highly pleased at
our success; for the Indians consider the moose more difficult to take
than any other animal. It is more vigilant than either the buffalo or
the caribou, more prudent and crafty than the antelope. In the most
violent storm, when the wind and the thunder and the