Minutes passed while the rising moon cast golden ripples upon 

 tlie water and two beavers, rising from below, swam toward and 

 mounted the roof of their island liome. A twig snapping behind the 

 hunter, he turned his head, and as he caught the vanishing glimpse 

 of a lynx in a tree, he was instantly startled by a tremendous report 

 and a splashing uplieavd . . . See Ctmpter II 



