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and try our luck in hunting and fishing. Cheadle 

 and The Assiniboine set out at daybreak in search of 

 moose, while Milton and the rest devoted themselves 

 to the trout. Mr. O'B. also, attracted by the prospect 

 of a meal on something more savoury than pemmican, 

 essayed to fish ; but he splashed about so restlessly, 

 and met with so little encouragement, that he soon 

 wearied of his employment. Baptiste showed a most 

 discontented and rebellious spirit at this time, re- 

 fusing to put up the lodge where Milton directed him, 

 and, after some altercation, sulkily packed up his small 

 propert}^ declaring he should leave at once. However, 

 he changed his mind, and took to fishing wdth the rest. 

 A nice dish of fish was caught before evening, amongst 

 which w^ere two or three large white trout, from the 

 McLeod, several of the small banded trout, and some fish 

 resembling dace. Before dark Cheadle and The Assini- 

 boine came back again, without having met with any 

 large game. They had followed a fresh moose track a 

 long distance, found the place where the animal had 

 been recently lying down, and as he lay pulled the 

 twigs within his reach, the sap being still moist where 

 the bark had been abraded by his teeth. The sagacity 

 with which the hunter followed the tracks was very 

 wonderful. Without hesitation he passed rapidly 

 and noiselessly amidst the thick wood, and over the 

 thickly-piled fallen trunks, at a pace which his com- 

 panion found it difficult to keep up Avith, never over- 

 running or neglecting the foot-prints, which toCheadle's 

 less instructed eye were quite invisible, except on the 

 closest scrutiny. The hunter has not only to keep 



