BULLETS AND THEIR BILLETS 



nearer, was deflected, and decapitated 

 the mate on the ricochet. The story, 

 and much else that is interesting, will 

 be found in his "Life and Sport on the 

 North Shore." The chief defect of this 

 fascinating book is persistent under- 

 statement of the author's personal ex- 

 ploits ! 



While Comeau's own five senses are 

 trained to a marvellous pitch of fineness, 

 I have heard him assert that Indians, or 

 at any rate some Indians, possess a sense 

 he lacks. Not otherwise could he ex- 

 plain the ease and swiftness with which 

 they are able to traverse the woods at 

 night, where an experienced white man 

 is almost helpless. An Indian with 

 this faculty w r ill make a night march 

 through a trackless country, of as many 

 leagues as he is able to compass in the 

 daytime, and apparently with no 

 greater difficulty nor fatigue. This must 

 involve in the first place a sense of the 

 north, a rare gift that few white men 



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