Live Moas at Last.
A telegram from Dunedin in the Mount Ida Chronicle , dated Friday evening, says : A letter was published in the Canterbury Press this morning, from a man named Smythe, stating he had captured two live moas at Browning’s Pass on September 26, Smythe states that, when near the top of the saddle, the dogs suddenly set off at a great pace, and commenced barking furiously. He followed, and, after going a short distance, saw two large birds. Seeing that the dogs were getting the w r orst of the fight, he ran back and cooeeyed to his man. He got the tether rope, and, under the shelter of a small patch of bush, got behind the largest bird, and roped it. At the first cast, contrary to expectation, the larger bird did not show fright to any great extent —the smaller one remaining quietly by. The larger bird remained tied to the tree for two days ; when, with the assistance of Trampton’s shepherds, he took the old bird to the camp, the young one following. The old bird is eight feet high, the young one five. Smythe intends Ktartiqg for Christchurch on Thursday.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 262, 6 October 1874, Page 3
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