CHAPTER XX. 



THE CHASE ON THE ISLAND THE CHASE IN THE LAKE THE 



BEAR GAMBLING FOR GLORY ANECDOTE OF NOAH AND THE 



GENTLEMAN WHO OFFERED TO OFFICIATE AS PILOT ON BOARD 

 THE ARK. 



WE had as yet had no use for our dogs since we . left the 

 Saranac. They had travelled quietly with us as we moved 

 from place to place, or stayed inactive at the tents while we 

 remained stationary. The game was so abundant, that the 

 real difficulty was to restrain ourselves from destroying more 

 than was needful for our use. We had indeed, failed to live 

 strictly up to the law we had imposed upon ourselves, for 

 we had at all tunes trout and venison beyond our present 

 wants, excusing ourselves on the ground that an excess of 

 supply was always preferable to a scant commissairat. More 

 than one deer was slaughtered, if the truth must be told, 

 for no better reason than that given by an Irishman 

 for smashing a bald head he chanced to see at a window : it 

 presented a mark too tempting to be resisted. 



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