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place. A veteran hunter was my companion, and we 

 found such convincing proof that bears had been there, 

 that one of them I feel certain produced the weird- 

 like sound that had caused me so much alarm, my 

 companion assuring me that at the period the sexes 

 come together, if rivals are in the way, the call or note 

 ojf defiance is quite dissimilar from their general voice. 



CANADIAN PORCUPINE. 



Early in spring the young are born. At first they 

 are very small. In six weeks they are able to accom- 

 pany their mother, who cares for them with the 

 greatest solicitude and attention, hauling the logs on 

 one side for the cubs to obtain the coveted grubs and 

 larvse underneath ; pulling down the uppermost 

 branches that produce fruit; and if by accident the 

 young should be placed in a position of danger, her 

 life is always willingly sacrificed in their defence. 



Walking across a portage in Maine, close to the 



