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firelight, " Wy, you spose now, Pequam fol- 

 low trail lieself, jus' same I follow heem all 

 "*** day, huh ? Cause he hongry ; cause he want 

 Cl Wn/iyJ One meat rj as wy black cat, das wy hwolf, das 



wy all animal follow trail all day long in 

 snow. He hongry; he want meat. Bimeby 

 — roofh! scritch ! kill urn deer. Eat um 

 plenty ; lie down sleep ; don' follow trail no 



more." 



" Now I follow Pequam," continued Newell 

 earnestly, " jus' same he follow deer. Pequam 

 hide, run, climb tree, go under snow; try 

 fool um Injun. All time Injun keep right 

 on; thoo cedar swamp, up big hill, down 

 tother side, — ev' where Pequam go, Injun 

 follow hees footin'. Bimeby Pequam tink: 

 'Injun hongry; Injun want meat; Injun 

 want eat um me.' Den he go kill um deer. 

 Tink, p'raps, Injun eat plenty meat ; go 'way; 

 don' follow hees trail no more." 



Startling as was the explanation, there 

 was a grain of reason in it, and I give it 

 because I have none other to offer. Years 

 later, when I asked the Maine guide how he 

 accounted for his fisher's action, he gave 



