. The hunter and the trapper in North America; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest . )lendid pantherbounded into the arena in evident pursuit of the do not know a more graceful animal than this memberof the New World Felidm ; with her liead erect, and her 390 PANTHER AND BISOX. eyes shining, she sprang forward, roaring loudly, at eachleap drawing closer to the bison, which endeavoui-ed tolimp ont of so dangerous a neighbourhood. How admir-able a spectacle for us hunters was presented by tliese twonoble heads, whose life was almost in our hands, and, atall events, depended entir
. The hunter and the trapper in North America; or, Romantic adventures in field and forest . )lendid pantherbounded into the arena in evident pursuit of the do not know a more graceful animal than this memberof the New World Felidm ; with her liead erect, and her 390 PANTHER AND BISOX. eyes shining, she sprang forward, roaring loudly, at eachleap drawing closer to the bison, which endeavoui-ed tolimp ont of so dangerous a neighbourhood. How admir-able a spectacle for us hunters was presented by tliese twonoble heads, whose life was almost in our hands, and, atall events, depended entirely upon our skill ! I wasabout to fiie upon the panther, when the carnivorousanimal made a prodigious spring, and jumped upon the. IIB MADE A PRODIOIOVJS SPRING UPON TUK BISON S BACK. liisous back. Both rolled to tlir ground, the ])ison huggedin so tight an embrace that he could not i-elease himselffrom his enemys claws. The panther licked her blood-stained lips, and drew tighter and tighter the living coilwhich ])aralyzed the bisons strength. At length thelatter let his head fixU back heavily on the ground, hislimbs giew stiff, and he remained motionless. ON BOARD THE STEAM-BOAT. 301 Xow w;is the moment to fire ; a seconds delay, andone ov other of my comrades would discharge his rifleunder my very nose. Without issuiiig from my hiding-place, just as the panther turned her head in my directionI took aim, and tired. Tluough a cloud of smoke I sawher leap several feet, and fall to the ground in convulsionswliicli showed that she had received a mortal Mead, with one of his barrels, terminated her agoniesand her frightful howlings. She was the finest animal I had ever killed. I leavethe reader to imagine w
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