l8o Ways of Wood Folk. 



from point to point in a great circle — five miles, per- 

 haps, and always in the open — evidently loath to 

 abandon his feast to the crows ; while I followed with 

 growing wonder and respect, trying every device of 

 the still hunter to creep within range. That was the 

 same owl which I last saw at dusk, flying straight out 

 to sea among the gulls. 



