s much pleased with the glowing accounts which the boys gave
of the night's adventures. Much praise was given to Sam for having seen
the great luminous eyes of the deer, even before any of the Indians had
observed them.

Mr Ross, in answer to the boys' inquiries, explained how some deer,
like fish, seemed to be fascinated by a bright light, and will allow the
hunters to get very near, especially if they are on the water, ere they
will try to get away.

The weather proving favourable, the camp was struck, the canoes loaded,
and they all proceeded on the way to Montreal Point once more. They
only stopped for an hour or so at Spider Islands to melt some pitch, and
mend a crack which had opened in the bottom of one of the canoes.

The boys, who in their own land had seen the great iron ships being
prepared in the dry docks, were quite amused and interested at the
primitive way in which these Indians made watertight their light canoes.
When this was done they were all soon under way again, and, not long
after, the shores of the mainland began to loom up plainly before them.

They all remembered the last visit, and the battle with the wolves. So
they were naturally on the lookout for a herd of deer or the sound of
ravening wolves. But not even a "whisky jack" was seen or heard. The
desolate land seemed to be much more so by the apparent entire absence
of life.

Selecting a favourable spot, they all landed, and then, while some of
the Indians made a fire and prepared the supper, Mr Ross, with Frank,
Alec, Sam, and Mustagan, visited the scene of the great fight. They
took the precaution to carry their guns with them, for who could tell
where the rest of those wolves might be, or what other game might not
suddenly appear in sight, even if the Indians had reported that the
wolves had all disappeared.

Sam and Frank took special pride in pointing out to Alec and Mr Ross
where they had stood when, under Mustagan's directions, they brought
down the two leading wolves in that memorable and exciting battle, and
then where they fought in the terrible hand-to-hand encounter, where it
was hunting-axe against teeth. But little was left to tell of the fray.
A few whitened, well-picked bones were to be seen here and there, but
nothing more, so they returned to the camp fire, where the supper was
now prepared, and ready indeed were they for it.

As they had made such a long trip that day, Mr Ross, who was ever
mindful of the w