certain places ; or it may be that by night he 

 carefully selects the spot where he can rest 

 and hide during the day, and returns to it 

 because he cannot find another so good 

 while the sun dazzles his eyes; or it may 

 be a trick pure and simple to deceive the 

 animal that disturbs him, by lighting close 

 behind where neither dog nor man will ever 

 think of looking for him. 



By night, when he sees perfectly and 

 moves about rapidly from one feeding- 

 ground to another, Whitooweek is easily 

 dazzled by a light of any kind, and he is 

 one of the many creatures that come and 

 go within the circle of your jack. Because 

 he is silent at such times, and moves swiftly, 

 he is generally unnamed just a night bird, 

 you think, and let him pass without another 

 thought. Several times when jacking, to 

 see what birds and animals I might surprise 

 and watch by night, I have recognized Whit- 

 ooweek whirling wildly about my circle of 

 light. Once, deep in the New Brunswick 

 wilderness, I surprised two poachers spear- 

 ing salmon at midnight with a fire-basket 



