The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou;
4. For some strange reason, now the Lynx seemed less angry than he
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had been.
"He didn't fill the finder; I'll try again," was my next. Then
on my knees I crawled up, watching the finder till it was full of
Lynx. I glanced at the beast; he was but 8 feet away. I focused
and fired.
And now, oh, wonder! that Lynx no longer seemed annoyed; he had
ceased growling and simply looked bored.
Seeing it was over, Preble says, "Now where does he go? To the
Museum?"
"No, indeed!" was the reply. "He surely has earned his keep; turn
him loose. It's back to the woods for him." We stood aside; he saw
his chance and dashed for the tall timber. As he went I fired the
last film, getting No. 6; and so far as I know that Lynx is alive
and well and going yet.
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