igo NEIGHBOURS UNKNOWN 



They dreaded his mysterious power of strik- 

 ing invisibly from very far off. Had they 

 had any choice, they would far rather have 

 been running down the caribou than trailing 

 this solitary trapper. But the craving belly 

 is a hard master, and they had no choice but to 

 hasten wherever it scourged them on. More- 

 over, they knew along the trail of the man 

 there were liable to be pickings, for man, 

 a fastidious feeder, never eats all he kills. 



When at last the trail of the man had led 

 them into that of the musk-oxen, the pack 

 had been glad. So much the more, there- 

 fore, their disappointed rage when they 

 found the herd ready for their attack, and too 

 strong, in point of numbers and experienced 

 leadership, to be stampeded. Seeing the 

 prey so near, with each moment of their dis- 

 comfiture their hunger and their fury grew. 



Suddenly, without visible sign or warning, 

 it seemed to boil over all at once. The whole 

 pack sprang together, swift as the snap of a 

 whip, into a compact mass, and hurled itself 

 straight upon the circle of lowered horns. 

 The charge looked irresistible. It seemed 

 that the most dauntless must cringe and 

 shrink before it. 



But the point attacked was a strong one 

 in the array. It was held by the wise old 



