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One of our axemen had an adventure with one, a few miles 

 from this spot. We had produced our township line south over 

 the hills which, from where our tent was, rose 1,800 feet in one 

 steep incline. We worked our way about seven miles, and 

 returned in the evening by going down to the pack trail along 

 the Kananaskis river, or walking back along the line. The 

 axeman took the trail once, but never again. He saw the " lion 

 in the way," and knew that he was not chained. He sidled 

 around about a quarter of a mile, and when he had got a good 

 clump of trees between himself and the cat, he made a bee line 

 for home, and, notwithstanding he had been walking out of the 

 trail, made the best of time. If he were expected for supper by 

 that lion, he was " awaited in vain." 



I have tried since those years to locate the northern limit of 

 the panther. Mr. Fred Brick, a gentleman who for some years 

 has been in the Indian trade, says that in his locality he has 

 never seen one, nor received a skin from the Indians. He has 

 traded up the Peace River from his station, at the junction of 

 the Peace and Smoky Rivers, up to the summit of the moun- 

 tains, and his Indian hunters range quite a distance south of 

 that. So the northern point must be between lat. 52 and 56. 

 Possibly the panther may be found on the head waters of the 

 Athabasca, in the neighborhood of the Yellow Head Pass, near 

 Mounts Brown and Hooker. Hunters and traders on the 

 British Columbia side of the mountains, report it as fairly 

 common. 



Toronto. J. W. Milne. 



ZAPUS HUDSONIUS. 



The Jumping Mouse is fairly common here. It lives prin- 

 cipally in the bush, but it is often found in the harvest fields. 

 My cat once brought in four young and one old one in one day, 

 and I thought she had the whole family. It is not likely they 

 breed more than once in the year in this locality, but I will try 

 and determine this point. 



Port Sidney, Muskoka.. A. Kay. 



