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her sharp prow ; his body thrown hack so as to form an angle 

 with the pole, which was placed firmly on the rocky bottom ; 

 and with his feet braced in the cant)e he gradually manoeuvred 

 her under the lee of a small rock, round which the waters form- 

 ed an eddy. Having gained this position of comparative sal'ety, 

 he bid me by signs cast myself flat in the bottom of the canoe ; 

 then quickly seizing a paddle he sprang lightly over me, and by 

 this manceuvre instantly changed the bow into tlie stern, and 

 we darted down the angry torrent. As I dared not Hft my 

 head, I could not see what passed, until I found the canoe driven 

 with great force against some soft sulistance. I sprang up, 

 and found we were high and dry on the grassy island from 

 which the dog had driven the Moose. The gale still raged with 

 frightful violence, and my anxiety for the safety of my friend 

 was great; but nothing could at present be done; we had 

 most miraculously escaped. Sabatisie hauled the canoe up, 

 and turning her over, we cast ourselves beneath her to await 

 the abatement of the tempest. Shortly after I had been in this 

 position, I thought I felt something cold rubbing against my 

 hand, and turning round, I saw our trusty little friend, Billy. 

 He was very lame, and the blood was running fast from a deep 

 wound in his shoulder, received, most probably, when he charg- 

 ed the Moose. I dressed the cut, and bound it up, for which 

 he appeared very grateful ; but the instant it was done he 

 started off again in search of his master. 



" The storm passed off as quickly as it had gathered ; the 

 sun again beamed brightly forth, and the howling hurricane 

 died quietly away into a gentle breeze. Sabatisie launched 

 the canoe ; we stepped in, and were about to push off, when 

 poor Bill came hobbling up the bank, and requested a passage. 

 It appeared the Indian had seen, as we came down the stream, 

 part of Howard's canoe high and dry on the rocks of the point 

 from which we had first viewed the Moose ; this he did not tell 

 me until we were near the point, as I suppose he did not wish 

 to increase my anxiety. For this spot we now made ; and O ! 

 how my heart thrilled when I saw the shattered canoe strewed 



