MIDNIGHT ALAEM. A CAPTUEE. 



danger, her life is always willingly sacrificed in their 

 defence. 



Walking across a portage in Maine, close to the borders 

 of New Brunswick, in front of the party of which I was a 

 member, my gun loaded, in the hope of killing a grouse or 

 two, I perceived a small animal, about the size of a King 

 Charles spaniel, running along the track a hundred or 

 more yards in front of me. Without troubling myself to 

 look closely, I concluded it was a porcupine, animals 



CANADIAN PORCUPINE. 



which were extremely common in the vicinity. Soon after, 

 a dog belonging to one of my companions passed me ; 

 stooping to the trail he gave tongue, and went in pursuit 

 at his best possible speed. In a few moments I knew he 

 had brought something to bay, and, proceeding to his 

 assistance, I found a young bear the size of a badger, treed 



