r fox and otter pelts that hung outside, touched 



tu iu ♦/ £&* an< ^ ma< ^ e fragrant by the wood smoke, and 

 7ne7ra/f Of /fie turning, turning for the last breath of the 



Lil flMftg O/W f orest w j nc j that sto i e [ n through the sides 



of the little commoosie. 



What puzzled and interested me most 

 was the Indian's confident declaration that 

 Pequam had neither seen nor winded him 

 that morning, but had simply felt the pres- 

 ence of an enemy on his trail, and so had 

 taken to doubling and traveling among the 

 branches in order to throw him off the track. 

 " Now I tell you now," he said earnestly, 

 in answer to my suggestion that it was 

 merely a precautionary measure, such as the 

 bear takes before denning for the winter, 

 " Pequam, jus' same all animals, know good 

 many ting widout knowin' how he know. 

 So long you jus' watch urn animal, he don't 

 fraid 't all. Don't see, don't hear, don't 

 smell; ev'thing jus' right; go on feedin', 

 playin'; feel good inside. Now you go get 

 you gun, follow hees footin'. Bimeby he stop ; 

 wag hees ears; sniff, sniff; look all round 

 de hwoods. Don't hear, don't see, don't smell 



