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Title: The hunter and the trapper in North America ; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Révoil, Bénédict Henry, 1816-1882 Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891
Subjects: Hunting Game and game-birds
Publisher: London, New York : T. Nelson and Sons
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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nse forestof cedars and pines, we arrived on the banks of a springof hot water, where we took a few moments repose; thenwe resumed our route. I observed that Monai, whoacted as our guide, advanced very cautiously, examinedthe imprints on the snow and the fractures in the branchesof the trees. At length he stopped short before a pros-trate trunk, and, bending over one of its sides, he thrusthis arm into the snow. There are stags close at hand, said Mr. Howard; see, their ordure is quite fresh. These animals cannot 262 FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW. move over so thick a snow; we shall find them shortlyin their basse-cour.^ Now, my friend, he continued, observe the greatestsilence ! If a stag come within your reach, I beg of younot to fire; for though we are still about three milesfrom the cariboos, their hearing is so fine that they willhear us, and disappear before our arrival. Here, Jack!behind ! added Mr. Howard, speaking to a magnificentdeerhound. Do you see, friend? He has found thescent.
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I ALONE STOOD ERECT As we advanced, the imprints became more marked.Jack was put in leash; Monai marched in advance; andMr. Howard and myself followed him in silence. Jackfoamed at the mouth ; his eyes seemed starting from hishead; but he did not bark. Suddenly, Monai threwhimself on the ground; Mr. Howard imitated his * Basse-cour, the name given to a spot of ground cleared out by the stags,who trample down the snow in some sheltered corner; under a great cedar,for instance, or in the face of a rock. THE FLIGHT OF THE STAG. 263 example; I alone stood erect, until a blow on the shinfrom the butt-end of my friends musket forced me also toadopt a recumbent position. I was on the point of asking him the meaning of suchmysterious conduct, when, raising my head, I saw, at twohundred feet before us, a stag and six females lying onthe snow, probably asleep. In spite of Mr. Howards prohibition, I had raised myrifle to my shoulder, and was about to fire, when.anotherblow from the butt-end of h

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