ed of the Bible, and the
hymns which their mother had made the chief objects of their
contemplation on the Sabbaths they had spent at Fort Enterprise.

Monday was as bad as Sunday in regard to weather, but Tuesday dawned
bright and calm, so that our wanderers were enabled to resume their
avocations. The snow-shoes were put in order, the sled was overhauled
and mended, and more fish were caught and hung up to dry. In the
evening Roy loaded his gun with ball, put on his snow-shoes, and sallied
forth alone to search for deer. He carried with him several small
pieces of line wherewith to make rabbit snares; for, the moment the snow
fell, innumerable tracks revealed the fact that there were thousands of
rabbits in that region. Nelly, meanwhile, busied herself in putting the
hut in order, and in repairing the mocassins which would be required for
the journey home.

Lest any reader should wonder where our heroine found materials for all
the mending and repairing referred to, we may remark that the Indians in
the wilderness were, and still are, supplied with needles, beads, cloth,
powder and shot, guns, axes, etcetera, etcetera, by the adventurous
fur-traders, who penetrate deep and far into the wilderness of North
America; and when Nelly and Roy ran away from their captors they took
care to carry with them an ample supply of such things as they might
require in their flight.

About half a mile from the hut Roy set several snares. He had often
helped his father in such work, and knew exactly how to do it.
Selecting a rabbit-track at a spot where it passed between two bushes,
he set his snare so that it presented a loop in the centre of the path.
This loop was fastened to the bough of a tree bent downwards, and so
arranged that it held fast to a root in the ground; when a rabbit should
endeavour to leap or force through it, he would necessarily pull away
the fastening that held it down, and the bough would spring up and lift
the hapless creature by the neck off the ground.

Having set half-a-dozen such snares, Roy continued his march in search
of deer-tracks. He was unsuccessful, but to his surprise he came
suddenly on the huge track of a bear! Being early in the season this
particular bruin had not yet settled himself into his winter quarters,
so Roy determined to make a trap for him. He had not much hope of
catching him, but resolved to try, and not to tell Nelly of his
discovery until he should see the result.