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" Caught !" returned the Canadian in a tone of 

 supreme disgust, " vous le troiiverez plus facile 

 attraper le diable. No, Monsieur Paul, when you 

 know the carcajou better, you sail not talk of 

 catching him in a trap. Come with me, and you 

 shall see the mischiefs he do." 



On arrival at the next "dead-fall" Paul saw with 

 astonishment that the semi-circle of stones had 

 been pulled down from the back, and the bait 

 removed ; and at every single trap they visited, the 

 same thing had occurred. Let us glance a little 

 closer at the animal whose destructive propensities 

 and cunning were now fully apparent to Paul. 



The wolverene or glutton of naturalists {Gnlo 

 Luscus), and the carcajou of the Canadian voya- 

 geurs, is a large animal with a head much resem- 

 bling a dog's, being broad at the hinder part, 

 much arched, and rounded on all sides. Its body 

 is very long, stout, and compactly made, the back 

 arched ; and the whole form clearly indicates 

 immense strength without much agility. The legs 

 are short and stout ; the feet broad, and clothed on 

 the under surface with a compact mass of woolly 

 hair, whilst the toes, which are armed with strong, 

 rounded claws, cause the track left in the snow by 

 this animal strongly to resemble that of the bear, 

 so Paul in mistaking its footprint for that of the 

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