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up of any Bear within the Boundaries. Umisk 

 boasts about his old Mud Lodge, with the lower 

 floor all flooded with water it s enough to give 

 one rheumatism. New Ant Hills ! I should n t 

 like to live in a cold, cheerless place like that. If 

 I had just pulled all that nice warm covering 

 over me before the snow fell, I should have been 

 as comfortable as little Gopher in his hole. It s 

 too bad ! &quot; 



&quot; I 11 tell you what we will do, Muskwa,&quot; said 

 Black King; &quot;we ll ask the Old Lady about 

 this thing. You would n t mind a nice dry hole 

 in a cut-bank somewhere, would you if the 

 snow lasts and you can t make another nest ? She 

 knows all the empty houses from Athabasca to 

 Peel River. I am in the same fix myself, for the 

 family are moving to-day though we have lived 

 in our present quarters for a matter of four years.&quot; 



&quot; That s a King for you ! &quot; cried Whisky-Jack. 

 &quot; He s like a Father to us,&quot; concurred Blue Wolf. 



&quot; Now we 11 go back,&quot; ordered Black Fox ; 

 cc the Man has set all his Traps. See ! here s 

 the mark of an empty bag on the snow. If you 

 discover anything new, come to the big dead 

 Cottonwood the one that was struck by storm- 

 fire at Two Rapids, and give the Boundary 

 Call. I don t want you making a trail up to our 

 new house for Fran9ois to follow.&quot; 





