Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-15
HE DOVE FOR HIS LIFE.
{ HUNTERS EXPERIENCE WITR 4
 BIG MOOSE.

BIG MOOSE.
 Pursued by the Animal Which He Had
 Merely Wounded - Inc Beast Had
 Only Three Legs for Use AStes She
 First shot, but He Was Game so the
 Last.
 In October. 1S4o, was living on the tho head of the Narrows, wEero formerly lived the old Indian chief Metalluk, and whore he buried his squaw Rose.ia os the shore beside the beautiful waters, looking up and down; and also heside the grove of pines with q smooth -Erface of green moss, where tho Canada tribes used to hold their revels and dances be- fore going on their moose hunts to pro- pitiate the favor of the Great Spirit. We were twenty miles from the outside world--no roads, but intervening mOuu- tains and wilderness in every direction.
 On the occasion 1 am about to relate, writes J. S. Rich in the Amateur Sports man, started for the Megalloway set dement's for supplies, going down the lake about four miles in my boat and then on foot.
 As ] was pulling along through tho narrow.i saw 8 moose feeding on bog on the west sdc, short distance ahead. l at once ran my boat ashore under cover of the woods, and prepared to creep him. ! had double niuz2le loader, with buck shot in one side. rolled in a bullet on top of this sho., ee; the gun being foul the ball would nn.. <, down, but stuck midway of the bar rel. Of course l was eXcited-what hunter would not be?-with the largest game of the forest almost within range then loaded the empty barrel and crept through the short bushes and tall 1,ass along tho shore, fairly into tho cen tor of the bog where tho moose was feed ing: then rising slowly up. with gun cooked and finger on the trigger. beheld tho moose not twenty paces from me, who threw up his head, gave loud snort and lcapcd away toward tho lake, making | tremendous strides.
 As quickly as could get sight l fired at the rctreating beast straight behind, l which broke his hind leg. He then at once turned toward me, came on three legs like mad the fourth shaping up over his back at every stride. What WAS to do? I dare not fire the other barrel, With bullet half way home, and the moose almost upon mo, 1na- dened by my shot, and within a few yards.
 life; horrible death awaited me in two minutes unless could avoid the creat- ure, for had no defense.
 Whom he was within four rods of me dove into the tall grass, mixed with l short bushes, and crawled along with all possible speed several rods before I dared look up. Then carefully peered out, and there stood the moose-about where 1 left him whom dove into the cover-lookipg around in every direction as If confused by my disappearance. | l then got down on my kDc9S and loaded the empty barrel, then slowly rose up to see my game long shot away. making for the lake. | at once ran toward him, until 1 reached the shore and he had got far out into the Narrows, wading, for the water was quite shallow.
 AS stopped the moose turned half another tremendous snort. Then I fired aiming just back of the fore shoulder, and with two or three quick uneven leaps the moose went down.
 lat once ran for my boat and taking out everything except my paddle, ran 1t out to the moose, then jumped into the water. which was just up to my his throat, but no blood started. 1 feared tho moose was drowned, and that his meat would not be wholesome. then tipped my boat on its sidc and filled 1t with water, and it sunk unser the moose, and stood in the water aud bailed 1t out, and so had my game all loaded, and was soon under way flor home. forgot to say that when l shot this moose I saw the bullet skip on tine water twice beyond him, and thought ! had overshot him.
 Probably the'pulle went through him near the water level, and, not hitting 8 bone, skipped along oh the surface-at
 After getting my moose ashore at my landing, skinned and dress ed him, and to my Joy found had cut blood vessel and he was full of blood.
 | In those days 1t was not an uncommon sight to see moose in the lake; but 1t was a beautiful sight, even to 6 hunters eye, to get view of the big fellows as they splashed the water up their sides, throwing their heads high in air. and snorting with all their breath.