48 LYNX-HUNTING. 



went home the next morning to fetch some dogs which he had, 

 and which were good at treeing lynxes ; so I took my shot gun 

 and hunted for grouse round camp. There were a good many 

 ruffed grouse and a few willow-grouse, both being capital eat- 

 ing ; and I had six of them broiled by the time A-ta-ka-koup 

 returned. He appreciated them thoroughly, and declared that 

 for the future he would always have them cooked in that way, 

 the usual Indian manner of cooking them being to throw them 

 into a pot after skinning them. 



The next day we started after lynx, taking my sleigh-dogs 

 with us, as they made so much noise if tied up in camp, and 

 might attract some passing Indian. 



A-ta-ka-koup' s dogs soon found a fresh trail, and away they 

 all went my dogs leading, as they were in better wind, and 

 we followed as fast as we could. As we went along, A-ta-ka- 

 koup explained the tracks to me, seeming* to know what turns 

 they had made and which dogs were leading at the time, and 

 as his dogs were very much smaller than mine, they made a 

 track about half the size. 



We had not gone far when we heard them all giving tongue, 

 and knew that the lynx was treed, and soon came to where he 

 had gone up a low fir tree. A-ta-ka-koup came up first, and 

 fired, on which the lynx dropped wounded among the dogs. 

 Mine immediately bolted, sleigh-dogs seldom having much 

 pluck ; but the two smaller ones went in and killed him in 

 good style. We found two more during the day losing one 

 and killing the other. I had the luck to get the shot, as I 

 happened to take the right-hand side of a thicket, whilst A-ta- 

 ka-koup had to go some way round. 



We had one day at white-tailed deer, but had bad luck, as 



