Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . and then dive again. In this way they are able to stayundej water as long as they choose. All snakes, and especially the Anaconda, are good swimmers. Theanaconda however does not often attack the capybara while it is litde creature is more expert in the water than it is on land, and only itsaquatic equal could hope to seize it. If a jaguar comes near a herd ofcapybaras, they immediately run to the nearest water for the jaguar does notlike to get its fur wet any better than the ordinary house cat. On more thanone occasion, when a jagu
Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . and then dive again. In this way they are able to stayundej water as long as they choose. All snakes, and especially the Anaconda, are good swimmers. Theanaconda however does not often attack the capybara while it is litde creature is more expert in the water than it is on land, and only itsaquatic equal could hope to seize it. If a jaguar comes near a herd ofcapybaras, they immediately run to the nearest water for the jaguar does notlike to get its fur wet any better than the ordinary house cat. On more thanone occasion, when a jaguar has been very close in persuit of a capybara, ithas been fool enough to follow its prey into the water with the result thatthe capybara has made a deep dive, leaving its enemy on the surface, andthen before the great cat could get to dry land it has had to reckon with ahungry alligator. The jaguars teeth and claws make but litde difference tothe horned-armed reptile, and usually it is dragged beneath the surface inshort order, and WHERK nil-: MOOSE lU DRixNK. THE MOOSE HUNT. A moose hunt had been agreed upon. There were only four in tlieparty ; a hunter, a boy, and two backwoods Indians. Before sunrise in themorning the four had all their goods packed in a couple of canoes, and wereoff down stream to the moose-grounds. It was early in the spring and inplaces the snow still lay deep. The wind was biting cold robbing the sunof its warmth. At sundown camp was pitched near the moose-ground, andafter a hot supper the men were ready to turn in. Any one who enters the great forest for the first time,—places whereman seldom goes—is struck with the deathly stillness. A sense of lonelinesscreeps over the mind, for there is no hum of insects, no song of birds, noteven the sighing of the breeze breaks the peaceful calm in the deep endlessforest. There is not a hut or cabin, or human being within a long daystravel. Breakfast was served piping hot, goods were packed se
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