them. There was a sickness among the 

 suckers that year (it comes regularly every 

 few years, as among rabbits), and they would Cloud-ZOinjgs 

 come struggling out of deep water to rest on nTn^^^d/e 

 the sand, only to be caught by the minks 

 and fish-hawks and bears and Old White- 

 head, all of whom were waiting and hungry 

 for fish. 



For several days I put a big bait of trout 

 and whitefish on the edge of the shallows. 

 The first two baits were put out late in the 

 afternoon, and a bear got them both the 

 next night. Then I put them out in the 

 early morning ; and before noon Cheplahgan 

 had found them. He came straight as a 

 string from his watch place over the moun- 

 tain, miles away, causing me to wonder 

 greatly what strange sixth sense guided 

 him ; for sight and smell seemed equally out 

 of the question. The next day he came 

 again. Then I placed the best bait of all in 

 the shallows, and hid in the dense under- 

 brush near, with my gun. 



He came at last, after hours of waiting, 

 dropping from above the tree-tops with a 



