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on the rocks. We landed, and searched in every direction, but 
could discover no trace of our friends, and had almost given 
them up as lost, when a quick and merry bark from Billy re¬ 
newed our hopes. We followed the sound, and soon found 
Howard and Adella; Billy, in utter contempt of his wounds, 
madly careering round them. Ours was indeed a joyful meet¬ 
ing ; and now that the danger was past, we had a hearty laugh 
at the spree. It appeared that Howard and Adella, heedless 
of the storm, had struggled on in pursuit of the game. The 
foam and spray hid everything ten yards from them, when on 
a sudden they came on the Moose standing on a shallow, and 
apparently terrified at the tempest. Howard instantly dropped 
his pole, seized his rifle, and fired,—the canoe flew round with 
the wind, and Adella losing all command of her, they threw 
themselves in the bottom as a last resource. The last thing 
they recollected was the canoe being dashed to pieces against a 
rock. When they came to, they found they had been cast by 
the force of the water many yards on the point, but had not re¬ 
ceived any material injury. When the dog found them, they 
were on their way down the river, as Adella said he thought 
Sabatisie would run his canoe on the island, if he could escape 
the rapid. ‘ I am sure/ said Howard, ‘ I saw the Moose I shot 
at on the shallow, fall; in fact I was so near I could not well 
miss it. What think you, Sabatisie, have we any chance of 
finding it V 1 If brother kill him, he for sartain soon found; 
but guess meat now not very good—water in rapid very much 
strong, and rocks sharp/ ‘ Well/ said I, ‘ we are sure, I trust, 
of my fellow, as I much wish to send his noble antlers and 
handsome jacket to England, as trophies. They have a very 
poor opinion concerning the sporting in the Provinces, and 
very little better of that of the United States : indeed, I have 
seen it stated by more than one writer, that a gun is an almost 
useless article in these parts, as there is not any game worth 
mentioning. The fact is, these feather-bed sportsmen drive 
through the country, visit the principal places, make a few in¬ 
quiries, take a short excursion, perhaps not three miles from 
