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In any other country it would not have caused a moment's interest—interest of the kind we felt, that is. In our Canadian camps the bears were for ever grunting about among the provision bags at night, porcupines scratching unceasingly, and chipmunks scuttling over everything. IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IT WOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED A MOMENT'S INTEREST INTEREST OF THE KIND WE FELT THAT IS IN OUR CANADIAN CAMPS THE BEARS WERE FOREVER GRUNTING ABOUT AMONG THE PROVISION BAGS AT NIGHT PORCUPINES SCRATCHING UNCEASINGLY AND CHIPMUNKS SCUTTLING OVER EVERYTHING
n "Gee whiz!" that drew my attention to a further discovery. "The brute's been scratching round my tent too," he cried, as he pointed to similar marks by the door and I stooped down to examine them. We both stared in amazement for several minutes without speaking. "Only I sleep like the dead," he added, straightening up again, "and so heard nothing, I suppose." We traced the paw-marks from the mouth of his tent in a direct line across to the girl's, but nowhere else about the Camp was there a sign of the strange visitor. The deer, dog, or whatever it was that had twice favoured us with a visit in the night, had confined its attentions to these two tents. And, after all, there was really nothing out of the way about these visits of an unknown animal, for although our own island was destitute of life, we were in the heart of a wilderness, and the mainland and larger islands must be swarming with all kinds of four-footed creatures, and no very prolonged swimming was necessary to reach us. AND IT WAS HIS ODD CANADIAN EXPRESSION GEE WHIZ THAT DREW MY ATTENTION TO A FURTHER DISCOVERY THE BRUTE'S BEEN SCRATCHING ROUND MY TENT TOO HE CRIED AS HE POINTED TO SIMILAR MARKS BY THE DOOR AND I STOOPED DOWN TO EXAMINE THEM WE BOTH STARED IN AMAZEMENT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WITHOUT SPEAKING ONLY I SLEEP LIKE THE DEAD HE ADDED STRAIGHTENING UP AGAIN AND SO I HEARD NOTHING I SUPPOSE WE TRACED THE PAW MARKS FROM THE MOUTH OF HIS TENT IN A DIRECT LINE ACROSS TO THE GIRLS BUT NOWHERE ELSE ABOUT THE CAMP WAS THERE A SIGN OF THE STRANGE VISITOR THE DEER DOG OR WHATEVER IT WAS THAT HAD TWICE FAVORED US WITH A VISIT IN THE NIGHT HAD CONFINED ITS ATTENTION TO THESE TWO TENTS AND AFTER ALL THERE WAS REALLY NOTHING OUT OF THE WAY ABOUT THESE VISITS OF AN UNKNOWN ANIMAL FOR ALTHOUGH OUR ISLAND WAS DESTITUTE OF LIFE WE WERE IN THE HEART OF A WILDERNESS AND THE MAINLAND AND LARGER ISLANDS MUST BE SWARMING WITH ALL KINDS OF FOUR FOOTED CREATURES AND NO VERY PROLONGED SWIMMING WAS NECESSARY TO REACH US
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