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my companion assuring me that at the period the 

 sexes come together, if rivals are in the way, the call 

 or note of defiance is quite dissimilar from their general 

 voice. 



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 larvae 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 

 borders of New Brunswick, in front of the party of 

 which I was a member, my gun loaded, in the hope of 

 killing a partridge or two, I perceived a small animal, 

 about the size of a King Charles spaniel, running along 

 the track a hundred or more yards in front of me. 

 Without troubling myself to look closely, I concluded 

 it was a porcupine, animals which were extremely com- 

 mon in the vicinity. Soon after a dog belonging to one 

 of my companions passed me ; stooping to the trail he 

 gave tongue, and went in pursuit at his best possible 

 speed. In a few more moments I knew he had brought 

 something to bay, and, proceeding to his assistance, I 



