Tuesday May 24 The weather continues cold and few birds are coming and the leaves are of course consequently slower. Was out early and shot a few birds including young redpolls just from the nest. About the middle of the afternoon as I was hunting about the middle of the island. I heard a dog barking and coming nearer and a minute later a female moose ran past me grunting furiously with the dog in close pursuit. As I had only small shot in my gun I did not fire. The tracks of the animal made during the previous night were all about a small meadow. The moose turned off toward the main shore to the west. Shortly after dark I started over that way and when halfway to the backchannel heard two or three shots and drop baking and running to the river saw the moose in the water body wounded and Tenislaw an Indian living at the river in the water to his breast having just fired his last ball at it. He had been hunting rabbits and had only his shotgun. We ran around by a sandy spit to the animal which was close to the opposite shore and I gave her the finishing touch with 13B shot and having bargained for the skin and made the opening cuts. I came home recovering the skin and skull later in the day. In the evening I went out on the River with Fred Camwell and secured specimens of Leotis and Gratin Leaps noting also other species. The ice has now nearly stopped jump on the Mackenzie and the "Wrigley" as expected every day and in fact have been expected for some time but is probably detained at Willow River or account of lack of work.