precisely the same reason, though more 

 than ten years and two countries and many 

 hundreds of miles separated the two occur- 

 rences. The black cat, he said, must have 

 thought or felt in his own dumb way that by 

 killing a deer and leaving it there untouched 

 he might satisfy and turn aside the enemy 

 that followed on his trail. In no other way 

 could he account for the subsequent care- 

 lessness with which the fisher left the game 

 untouched and lay down to sleep in the first 

 good den. For Pequam, spite of his cun- 

 ning, has room in his head for only one idea 

 at a time ; and so long as you let him keep 

 that idea, you may plan safely to 

 catch him. ^|§M^ 



A curious instance of this came jyrjj 

 out a few days later, when I took 

 up my abode with the 

 Indian and went with 

 him to the traps, or wan- 

 dered alone through the 

 woods follow- 



ing the crooked 

 trails. Newell 



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