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did not find out that day ; for the young 



'^il/ooIeeF, were already good swimmers. I watched the 

 ^J^ffle den two or three hours from a good hiding 

 V^Mce pl3.ce, and got several glimpses of the mother 

 and the little ones. On the way back I ran 

 into a little bay, where a mother sheldrake 

 was teaching her brood to dive and catch 

 trout. There was also a big frog that always 

 sat in the same place, and that I used to 

 watch. Then I thought of a trap, two miles 

 away, which Simmo had set, and went to 

 see if Nemox, the cunning fisher, who 

 destroys the sable traps in winter, had been 

 caught at his own game. So it was after- 

 noon, and I was hungry, when I paddled 

 back to camp. It occurred to me suddenly 

 that Killooleet might be hungry too ; for 

 I had neglected to feed him. He had grown 

 sleek and comfortable of late, and never went 

 insect hunting when he could get cold fried 

 trout and corn bread. 



I landed silently and stole up to the tent 

 to see if he were exploring under the fly, as 

 he sometimes did when I was away. A 



