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then the other, with which he drew the deer closic to him ; 

 and the scnffle was so close that I could scarcely decide 

 which would be victorious. At length the buck seemed to 

 be getting exhausted, and lay quiet, when Louis began to 

 bite his ears, which caused him to struggle ; but my friend 

 had lapped both snow-shoes crosswise over his kidneys, 

 and drawn him so close down that he was almost power- 

 less. Louis then withdrew his right hand from around the 

 buck's neck, and, as he lay under him, commenced striking 

 him in the ribs, giving a great grunt at every stroke, and 

 saying, " It is my time now, you rascal ; you have had 

 your turn, and now mme is come." He would then give 

 the buck another blow, and ask how he liked that ; and 

 then another stroke and a heavy grunt. 



After my fit of laughing had subsided a little, I went to 

 him and told him to let go his hold of the buck ; but he 

 refused, saying that he had got a good hold, and he did 

 not intend to let go until one or the other should lose his 

 life. He still continued to strike heavy blows on the 

 buck's side. I took the animal by the ear, and told Louis 

 to let him go, and I would cut his throat. But he refused, 

 saying that he was determined never to loose his hold until 

 one or the other should be dead. I told him that if I 

 then cut his throat the blood would spurt in his face and 

 over his clothes ; but he would not let go, though he in- 

 sisted on my cutting the buck's throat. I did so, when al) 

 the blood flowed over him ; and a bloodier man I never 

 have seen during my life. But he retained his hold until 

 the buck was dead. He was so frightened, however, by 

 the beating given him by that animal, that he would not 

 hunt any more unless I went in advance ; and if a bush 

 rattled, he would jump back for fear another buck was 

 coming at him. He was badly hurt, having many black- 

 and-blue lumps on his head, and one very black eye. 

 Two or three days subsequently, he showed me a long 



