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Identifier: youngnimrodsinno00knox (find matches)
Title: The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896
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Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers

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SHOOTING ON THE RUN. time in the forest. By following his track you ascertain where he hides,arid then you creep up ever so gently till you are within range. Youinnst be careful not to make the least noise; the breaking of the smallesttwig, and sometimes the rustling of the leaves and bushes, are enough to 96 THE YOUNG NIMRODS. alarm him and send him off on the full run. When he runs he lays hishead back, so as to bring his horns on a level with his shoulders, where
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AN INDIAN CORRAL. they will not be in danger of catching on the limbs of trees, and alsowhere they are the least, burden to him. He dashes through the forestfaster than, the most agile man can go, and he even gives the dogs a verylively run. When pursued lie often takes to the water, and he also goes to pondsand rivers to feed. In the water he can be killed with ease, as his wholeattention must be given to swimming, and he cannot fight. On land heis often very dangerous, as lie will turn on the hunter and strike terribleblows with his fore-feet. When a hunter is thus attacked, his only modeof safety is by taking shelter behind a tree; and if he is very active, hecan manage to keep 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 ca

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