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A ROMANTIC SPECTACLE. 



and dashed below the cascade. Jack, my faithful dog, 

 had not deemed it prudent to attack the animal in his. 

 P dangerous entrenchment ; but 

 as my arrival, and the ex- 

 { citement under which he was 

 1 labouring, would probably 

 i have induced him to brave 

 ! the danger, I fastened a cord 

 . round his neck, and tied him 

 1 up to a tree. 



The cariboo had truly chos- 

 | en an unapproachable refuge, 

 where no living being could 

 1 safely attack him : on each 

 side of his position rose per- 

 I pendicular palisades, between 

 which the stream was forcing 

 ! a passage ; and before him, 

 the yawning precipice seemed 

 to await a victim. 



After I had sufficiently acl- 

 j mired this romantic spectacle, 

 which was well adapted to 

 affect the mind and heart of 

 a European, J. approached as 

 ^ near as the ruggedness of the 

 m ground permitted. Immedi- 

 j-]f ately the cariboo caught sight 

 5r_"1^1' of me he raised his head, 

 " HAVING TAKEN AIM, T FIRED." crowned with magnificent 

 antlers, shook it with rage, and seemed to defy Hie to the 

 combat. Thus placed, he presented to my eye his chest, 



