. The hunter and the trapper in North America ; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil . TACLE. and dashed below the cascade. Jack, my faithful dog,had not deemed it prudent to attack the animal in his dangerous entrenchment; butas my arrival, and the ex- citement under which he waslabouring, would probablyhave induced him to bravethe danger, I fastened a cordround liis neck, and tied himup to a tree. The cariboo had truly chos-en an unapproachable refuge,where no living being couldsafely attack him: on eachside of his position rose per-pendicular palis
. The hunter and the trapper in North America ; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest. From the French of Bénédict Révoil . TACLE. and dashed below the cascade. Jack, my faithful dog,had not deemed it prudent to attack the animal in his dangerous entrenchment; butas my arrival, and the ex- citement under which he waslabouring, would probablyhave induced him to bravethe danger, I fastened a cordround liis neck, and tied himup to a tree. The cariboo had truly chos-en an unapproachable refuge,where no living being couldsafely attack him: on eachside of his position rose per-pendicular palisades, betweenwhich the stream was forcinga passage; and before him,the yawning precipice seemedto await a victim. After I had sufficiently ad-mired this romantic spectacle,which was well adapted toaffect the mind and heart ofa European, I approached asnear as the ruggedness of theground permitted. Immedi-ately the cariboo caught sightof me he raised his head,•* HAVING TAKEN AIM, I FIRED. crowucd wlth magnificcutantlers, shook it with rage, and seemed to defy me to thecombat. Thus placed, he ])resented to my eye his SHOOTING THE CARIBOO. 279 broad as that of a bull. I say it without any falseshame, I felt at ease now that I was separated from myformidable enemy by unconquerable obstacles j for I havenot the slightest hesitation in asserting my belief that, ifit had been in his power to cross the distance which sepa-rated us, he would have precipitated himself upon mewith a desperate rage. Besides, as my readers have seenalready in the course of my narrative, I was not a suf-ficiently skilful skater to have avoided his pursuit, in-asmuch as my snow-shoes impeded rather than acceleratedmy progress. It was necessary, then, to terminate once for all anylongings of the cariboo to attack me, and the apprehen-sion which he inspired. Therefore, I loaded my carbine,and after having taken aim with the utmost precision, Ifired. My bullet hit him between the eyes; the cariboowa
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