over whose head he passed leaped straight 

 up, caught the flying creature fairly in his 

 great paws, fell over backwards, and was 

 covered in an instant by the other lynxes 

 that hurled themselves upon him like furies, 

 snapping and clawing ferociously at the 

 mouthful which he had pulled down at the 

 very moment of its escape. 



There was an appalling scrimmage for 

 a moment; then, before I could fairly rub 

 my eyes, the hare had vanished utterly, and 

 a savage ring of lynxes were licking their 

 chops hungrily, glaring and growling at each 

 other to see which it was that had gotten 

 the biggest mouthful. 



When they disappeared at last, slinking 

 away in a long line under the edge of the 

 barren, I took up the back track to see how 

 they had been hunting. For a full mile, 

 straight back toward my camp, I followed 

 the tracks and read the record of as keen 

 a bit of bush beating as was ever seen in 

 the woods. They had swept along all that 

 distance in an almost perfect line, starting 

 every living thing that lay athwart their 



