264 WITH GUN AND GUIDE 



ers for the inside of their wings which makes their 

 flight a noiseless one, and thus enables them to steal 

 upon the unwitting little bird as it nestles in the 

 branches of a tree, or to pounce upon a rabbit as it 

 capers through the grass or small bushes. 



The sky was covered with a dark canopy of clouds, 

 which prevented the moon and stars from being seen, 

 but at one o'clock in the morning the clouds had drifted 

 away, and the moon, which was nearly at the full, came 

 out in all her glory. The cover, which up to this 

 time had been but a region of shadows, now became 

 almost as light as day, and if Mr. Grizzly had then 

 walked into the water, it would have been a fair chance 

 that he would have been hit with one or more bullets 

 before he reached the shore again, if indeed he had not 

 been " kilt intoirely." 



It grew very cold toward daylight, and when Neil's 

 canoe rounded into the cove at 6 : 20 in the morning, I 

 need not say that I was very glad. Thus ended one 

 week's adventure by water and land, in storm, rain and 

 sunshine, leaving much to think over but little to regret. 



