k it than
to follow it up at once, as back-tracking will provide the hunter with
about all the information he may require, as the back trail will tell
him if the game was travelling fast or slow, whether it was fleeing in
fright or feeding; and if feeding, whether it was feeding quietly or in
haste; and if in haste, the twigs would be torn off instead of being
clean cut. Sometimes a good hunter will back-track a trail several
miles in order to assure the success of his hunt.

"My son, if a moose is badly frightened by man-smell it may at first go
off on the gallop and then settle down to a steady trot for four or
five miles before it stops to listen--but not to feed. Then, turning
its head this way and that, and even trembling with excitement, as it
throws its snout into the air, to test if danger is still following, it
may then start off again on another long trot, but all the time it
will, as much as possible, avoid open places. Later it may attempt to
feed by tearing off twigs as it hurries along, and then at last it will
circle to leeward and finally rest not far from its old trail. Under
such conditions, the distance a moose travels depends largely upon the
depth of the snow. Two or three feet of snow will not hamper it much,
but when the depth is four feet, or when the moose's belly begins to
drag in the snow, the brute will not travel far. An old bull will not
run as far as a young one, and a cow will not travel as far as a bull;
but when tired out a moose sleeps soundly, so soundly, indeed, that a
hunter can easily approach as close as he pleases. But don't forget,
my son, that a good hunter never runs a moose--at least, not unless he
is starving--as running a moose spoils the meat.

"Sometimes, my son, a hunter may use a dog to trail a moose, but it is
dangerous work for the dog, as the moose may turn at bay and strike at
the dog with any one of its chisel-like hoofs or may even seize the dog
by the back in its mouth, carry it for a little way, then throw it into
the air and when it falls trample it to death. So, my son, when
hunting moose in that way, it is best to have two dogs or more, as then
one dog may attack while another is being pursued. But I warn you, if
you are in pursuit of a moose and if he turns at bay for the first time
. . . look out . . . for then he will surely attack you; if, however,
he turns at bay through sheer exhaustion or from over-whelming pain, he
will not always fight; but