EXTRAORDINARY LEAP. 



passed by the people. From his extraordinary agility, more- 

 over, it is not always easy to keep him within the Cordon. 

 Once, indeed, near to the conclusion of a Skall under my 

 own management when he was driven into a corner, and 

 when the people were standing three or four deep, the beast 

 sprang clear over the men's heads, and made his escape ! 

 I did not happen myself to see the vault; but every one 

 near the spot where the incident occurred, averred such to 

 have been actually the case. 



Many lynxes are hunted to the death with dogs, which, 

 however, must be specially trained to the purpose. It is 

 always desirable to ring the beast in the first instance; for 

 if the dogs be put on the Spar whilst it is quite fresh, he 

 will commonly more especially if young either " tree," 

 or be brought to bay in a short space of time, in which 

 case the sportsman can shoot him at his leisure. If a man 

 on these occasions keeps a respectful distance, there is little 

 or no danger ; for it is not once in a thousand times that 

 the lynx becomes the assailant. But should he incautiously 

 approach the beast too near, he may not improbably receive 

 severe maltreatment. 



" It was during the last days of February," Lieutenant 

 C. E. Aberg tells us, for instance, " that I found the tracks 

 of a lynx ; but I had to follow them for a day and a half 

 before I had approached the beast sufficiently near to slip the 

 dog, which, as wolves were thereabouts, was provided with 

 Spik-kladnad, in other words, a spiked collar. After the 

 run had lasted for two or three hours, and the lynx had 

 become weary, the dog succeeded in bringing him to bay 

 near to a birch tree, which gave me time to come up and to 

 shoot at him, though with no sensible effect, owing perhaps 



