HJiti BiU on t^i iJRodke 



evidence against him ; his worst one-day record 

 that I have shows five tragedies. In this time he 

 killed a mountain sheep, a fawn, a grouse, a 

 rabbit, and a porcupine ; and as if this were not 

 enough, he was about to kill another sheep when 

 a dark object on snowshoes shot down the slope 

 near by and disturbed him. The instances where 

 he has attacked human beings are rare, but he 

 will watch and follow one for hours with the 

 utmost caution and curiosity. One morning after 

 a night-journey through the wood, I turned back 

 and doubled my trail. After going a short dis- 

 tance I came to the track of a lion alongside my 

 own. I went back several miles and read the 

 lion's movements. He had watched me closely. 

 At every place where I rested he had crept up 

 close, and at the place where I had sat down 

 against a stump he had crept up to the opposite 

 side of the stump, — and I fear while I dozed! 



One night during this expedition I had lodg- 

 ing in an old and isolated prospector's cabin, 

 with two young men who had very long hair. 

 For months they had been in seclusion, " gath- 

 ering wonderful herbs," hunting out prescriptions 



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