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When I had sufficiently admired this romantic 

 spectacle, which was well calculated to astonish a 

 European, I drew as near as the unfavourable nature 

 of the ground would permit. Directly the caribou 

 saw me he raised his head, which was furnished 

 with splendid antlers, shook it with rage, and seemed 

 to dare me to the combat. In doing so, he offered 

 me his chest, which was as ample as that of a 

 bull. I must confess that I was not sorry that the 

 torrent was between me and this formidable brute. 

 However, I raised my rifle, took deliberate aim, and 

 hitting the caribou between the eyes, over he fell 

 dead. In his last effort, the animal gave a bound 

 into the stream, and was. carried over the fall in a 

 moment. Directly afterwards, I saw the enormous 

 bulk of my caribou rising above the water, and 

 whirling away among the blocks of ice at the bottom 

 of the abyss. 



" AVell hit," cried Mr. HoAvard, who arrived just 

 in time to see the result of my shot, " let's make 

 haste and recover our game." 



After making a long circuit, we got dowai into the 

 valley at the foot of the cascade ; but, to our amaze- 

 ment, the caribou had disapi^eared. 



" Forward ! forward !" cried m}^ friend, "the dog 

 Avill guide us. See there, he's hunting the scent 

 down the stream." 



Five minutes afterwards, we found the caribou 

 carried quietly down the current, and Jack, who had 



