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a second rod, more in keeping with the appe¬ 
tite of tlie river tiger. A pike, which regards it 
as a gift for his benefit, asserts proprietary rights 
over It in an unguarded moment. He soon seeks 
to release himself from the consequences of ill- 
advised precipitancy by plunging into the weeds 
and seeking shelter of great ledges of rock, 
where he has pursued unmolested his predatory 
instincts. But the biter is at last bitten, and is 
soon lying with the bass and pickerel in the 
canoe, his broad sides making him facile princeps 
among the dead as he was among the living. 
But the evening shadows are creeping along 
the banks of the river and dulling the burnished 
silver that all day long flashed with blinding 
brightness. The mascalonge has not yet emerged 
from his hiding place. The Ojibwa points to the 
green patches of river flora, where he is likely 
to be ambushed, and there is an expectant touch 
in the swift paddle strokes that bring the canoe 
half round. 
‘Line—more!” the words fall in mystic whis¬ 
pers from the dusky, silent figure behind me. I 
fill in the ellipse by drawing off an additional 
dozen yards. The water is deep round the weeds, 
and the spoon bait must search its hidden re¬ 
cesses. The evening is hot and the air is sopo¬ 
rific. Queen Mab casts her spell over my heavy 
eyelids and closes them in slumber—the forest 
is wiped out, the noise of the distant rapids is 
hushed, the soft plash of the paddle ceases— 
oblivion. 
“Lunge, lunge!” The cry comes from the 
Ojibwa, and beats in startling surprise on my 
slumbering senses, quickening them into activity. 
A loudly protesting reel as the line flies through 
the rings, and the rod, bending and quivering to 
the movements of the far-off quarry, explains 
the situation. A welt on the surface of the agi¬ 
tated water shows the spot where the river tiger 
speeds his way. As I grasp the rod and throw 
it across my shoulder, I feel that angling skill 
is pitted against no ordinary fighter. Unlike his 
cousin, the pike, he scorns to seek sanctuary in 
the weeds, and uses all his force against the 
strength of the resisting tackle. His method 
of defense resembles the salmon’s, and consists 
of swift rushes and lordly springs. He has a 
cunning way of resting on the surface, and thus 
recovering his flagging powers. Each time the 
canoe is paddled up to him, he dashes away 
afresh, with much head shaking and undis¬ 
guised resentment of the unknown enemy, which 
matches its witchery against his daring. But the 
runs grow shorter, and the tiger-born fighter that 
he is, is compelled to admit defeat and yield 
himself captive. 
We camped by the river side, and amid the 
stillness the bark of the squirrel and the answer¬ 
ing grunt of the porcupine could be heard far 
into the night. The latter rushed round the tent, 
scratching it with their stiff quills. I was too 
tired to notice or appreciate the import of this. 
But Ellick’s grunts I had learned to interpret as 
signs of dissatisfaction. Their full meaning I 
understood next morning, when he informed me 
that the porcupines had made a raid on our pro¬ 
visions, and that one of the intruders had scram¬ 
bled across my bed and person, an event of 
which I was happily unconscious. Wild horses 
would not have disturbed my repose.—J. Adams, 
in the Field. 
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