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self: " Fresh beaver track " ; " mink after min- 

 nows." In a short time I noticed he was ex- 

 amining carefully some tracks along the bank 

 which seemed to be following shore. Getting 

 out, he said, " Old she-bear and two cubs 

 passed here very fresh." Thus we continued 

 for several miles in the most interesting and 

 fascinating way. " There is a beaver swim- 

 ming just around that bend"; presently a 

 smack resounded from the stroke of the broad 

 tail in the water as he disappeared under- 

 neath. " Look at the porcupine in his favorite 

 position." Those were some of the old man's 

 remarks, as he paddled on with me in the 

 canoe beside him, until we reached a little lake. 

 Looking ahead intently for a few minutes 

 as we passed an angle of the lake he said, " I 

 believe I have a bear " ; then as we approached 

 closer he said, " Yes — the tog is gone." In 

 order to reach the trap it was necessary to 

 wade through water and bog up to our knees, 

 whilst the mosquitoes hovered around us in 

 clouds. When we came to the place, we discov- 

 ered the steel trap and tog were gone. Two or 

 three days previously, my trapper-guide went 



