. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . the tree between himself and the enraged beast. In-winter the moose forms paths in the forest where he lives, and DRIVING MOOSE INTO A CORRAL. 97 by following one of these paths the hunter may come on a yard, as it iscalled. A moose-yard is simply a place where several of these animals,chiefly females and calves, or yearlings, are gathered to eat the busheswhich form their food. They trample the snow to get at these bushes,and when they have consumed all the food in one place they move to an-other. Frequently a hunter may bag several of
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . the tree between himself and the enraged beast. In-winter the moose forms paths in the forest where he lives, and DRIVING MOOSE INTO A CORRAL. 97 by following one of these paths the hunter may come on a yard, as it iscalled. A moose-yard is simply a place where several of these animals,chiefly females and calves, or yearlings, are gathered to eat the busheswhich form their food. They trample the snow to get at these bushes,and when they have consumed all the food in one place they move to an-other. Frequently a hunter may bag several of them by making his wayto one of these yards. In the North-west, where game is far more abundant than on theAtlantic coast, the Indians have a way of hunting moose and deer bydriving them into a trap. They make a corral or enclosure on a trailwhere they know the animals will run when pursued, and then they or-ganize a drive by surrounding a large extent of forest, and making a greatnoise. The frightened animals run in the desired direction and enter the. THE BUCK-AGUK. corral, and once in it they become an easy prey. The enclosure is formedof stakes, and between every pair of stakes there is a slip-noose of thongsor cords. The captive endeavors to escape between the stakes, and his 7 08 THE YOUNG NIMRODS. horns become entangled in the slip-nooses. When he is thus caught hemay be shot without difficulty, or the hunter may approach him with aknife and slaughter him without wasting powder and ball, which are verycostly in those regions. George thought he would like to go on a moose-hunt, and hoped hewould be able to do so before long. When you go on your first hunt for moose, deer, or other largegame, said Jack, you wont be likely to bring back much. You willprobably have a severe attack of buck-ague, as it is called in the West. The boys had never heard of this disease, and asked what it was. Buck-ague, Jack explained, is a complaint that affects pretty nearlyevery man the first t
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