that would explain their behaviour. I 

 spied a huge bear track. 



" Hah ! " I thought, " Wahb at last," 

 and my heart went pit-a-pat as I pointed 

 it out to Nimrod. He recognised it 

 but remained far too calm for my fancy. 

 I pointed into the bushes with signs of 

 " Hurrah, it's Wahb." I received in 

 reply a shake of the head and a pitying 

 smile. How was I to know that the 

 dogs were saying as plainly as dogs 

 need to " A bobcat treed " ? 



So I followed meekly and soon saw 

 the bobcat's eyes glaring at us from the 

 topmost branches. The Host took a 

 shot at it with the camera which the 

 lynx did not seem to mind, and calling 

 off the disappointed dogs we went on 

 our way. The Host allows no shoot- 

 ; ng within a radius of twelve miles of the 



