CHAPTER X. 



HOW TO MAKE A FIRE JAKE'S PROPOSITION A DAY'S SQUIRREL - HUNTING 

 A CUNNING SQUIRREL JAKE'S DISGUST AT HIS FAILURE SHARP SHOOTING 

 PIERRE EMULATES JAKE'S SKILL A GOOD SHOT THE CANADA PORCUPINE 

 GAULTIER SHOOTS THE PORCUPINE THE HUNTERS DISCOVER TWO LAKES 

 A BEAVER SETTLEMENT A DEBATE ITS RESULT A FOREST WALK SUNSET 

 AND TWILIGHT POT-PIE PIERRE'S ACCOUNT OF THE SQUIRREL M. REVOIL'S 

 GAME LIST. 



PIERKE was the first to awake. The clouds of the 

 preceding night had rolled away, and the sun shone 

 brightly, although wreaths of mist still hung in the 

 air above the course of the river. The morning was 

 chilly, and the young trapper shivered as he raked 

 together the embers of the camp fire and searched 

 around for some dry fire-wood to start a blaze. This 

 was no easy task, as the rain had soaked the dead 

 trees and converted their "touch-wood" into a dirty 

 slime. After a little search he was so fortunate as 

 to find a dead pitch pine which leaned at a consider- 

 able angle against a slender spruce. A few blows of 

 the axe prostrated both, and Pierre soon filled his 

 game-bag with the resinous knots of the pine, which 

 are the very best things for kindling a reluctant 

 fire. 



