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of Deep Creek and the Sweetwater, along the Grand River, 

 when the trails of two Bobcats joined on to those of the 

 Deer. A Deer track left the band and one of the Bobcats' 

 tracks disappeared at that place. Muckey turned aside to 

 follow that one Deer. After a short time he came on its 

 carcass with both Bobcats in possession, but they ran way 

 at his approach. He put some poison on the kill, and re- 

 turned next morning to find both Bobcats dead at their feast. 



S. N. Rhoads, after stating'" "There is nothing in the 

 habits of the Lynx differing from those of a Wild-cat, except 

 what it accomplishes on account of its greater size and agility," 

 adds: "They will not hesitate to fasten themselves on the 

 necks of Deer, trusting to bring them down by sheer exhaustion 

 and blood-letting before the Deer can manage to drag them 

 off by running through brush or branches of thick trees, or 

 by jumping into water. Mr. Seth Nelson on one occasion 

 was trout fishing at a large pool in the woods of Clinton County, 

 when a crashing through the forest made him seize his rifle in 

 time to shoot both a Wild-cat and a doe, which plunged into 

 the pool to free itself of its tormentor. They have been known 

 to seriously wound hunters in their own defence, and even to 

 make an unprovoked attack." 



Hearne states"" that he once saw a Lynx take possession 

 of a Caribou that an Indian had just slain and "suff^ered 

 itself to be killed before it would relinquish the prize." 



In New Brunswick, according to Charles G. D. Roberts, 

 a band of Lynxes do not hesitate to attack even a Caribou; 

 and Linklater relates a similar case that he heard of from an 

 Indian whom he considered quite reliable. It was at a place 

 35 miles north of Sudbury, Ont. The hunter found the 

 place with all the marks in tree and in snow, showing that the 

 Lynx had been in a tree by the runway and had dropped on 

 a passing Caribou, but the Caribou, by dashing into the 

 thickets, had managed to get rid of its enemy. 



From these records we may believe that the Lynx will, 

 if hard pressed, attack Deer and even Caribou, but these 



"Mam. Penn., 1903, p. 140. ^"Journal, 1795, p. 372. 



