Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-01-26
BATH, sTHUFSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1854.

70, each other; and at,a glance knew them to
be thereyes of some animal, ,refectng the light
Of oar torch. MY fcunpanibn whispered me
that they were the, eyes Of deer. / took
sightiw my rifles aiming as nearly as 4
could mid way between the luminous spots
fipdlIed the trigger, and my true piece cracked
fiks, a whip, The report was not loud enough
% drowpfbe noises thatca hack from the
shore. There was a rustling Of leaves, fol-
lowed BY plunge, as Of some body falling in
the water. Dick turned ibe head Of the, dug
out, and padded, her up to The bank. The
torch, blazing brightly, liz up the scene ahead
Of us, and onr eyes were gratifed by the sight
Of fine buck. that had fallen dead into the
river. He was about, being drawn into the
eddy of the current, but Dick prevented this,
and, seizing him BY the an,ers, soon deposited
him safely in the bottom Of the dug-out.' III
", Our craft was once more, headed Down
stream, and we scratinized every winding of
thebanks IN search oflanother pair of gleam-
ing eyes. Tn less than half an hour these ap-
peared, and we succeeded in killing a second
long-tall-a dOe-and dragged her aalso into
the boat. Shortly afler, a third was knocked
over, which we foand stahding out ia the
river upon small point Of land, This proved
to be young spike-buck, his horns not having
as yet branched off into antlers About
quarter of a mile further down, fourth deer
was Shot Al, and missed, the, dus-out having
grazed suddenly against acrock just as Twas
pulling trigger, thns rendering my aim IN
steady. lar1-iaq aaa si1H
I need hardly say that this sport was ex-
tremely exciting and we had got many miles
from the post, without thinking either of the
distance or the fact that we should be under the
disagreeable necessity Of padding the old, Flat
heads canoe every inch ofthe way,b back again..
Down stream ii was all plain sailing = and
Dicks duty was light enough, as il consisted
merely in keeping. the dug-ont head. foremost
in the middle of iAe river The current ran at
the raie, of three miles an hour, and therefore
drifted us along with sufficient rapidity. 5H'1-
The first thing that suggested return 10
either Of us, was the fact that the pine-kqpis
had run out; ;dDieklIad just piled the last Of
them inthe fryns-pa AT this moment, a
noise, sounded in or ears, that caused US some
feeling Of alarm; itiwas the noise of falling
water. II was not new 10 Ms, for, since leav.s
ne the'post, we had passed the mouths Of sew
efal small streams, that deboIlched iuto the one
upon, ,whIchwe were in most cases over jum-
blesof rocks, % thus forming a series of noisy
raPids.T But that which we now heard was
directly ahead Of US, and mlst, thought we, be
rapid or fall of the stream itself; moreover,
it appeared louder than any 1--WE had hitherto
passed. alf'"Ht11 yHr .7y9Ti"7 1h -rll 49r5e
We lost but little lime in conjectures. The
first impulse of my companion, upon catching
the soaad was to stop the progress Of the dug
out, which in few seconds he succeeded in
doing but By this time our torch had shown
TO US that there was sharp turning in the
river, with long reach of smooth water be-
low. The cascade, therefore, could not be 10
our stream, but in some tributary that fell into
it near the bend. On seeing this Dick turned
his paddle, and permitted the dug-o0t once
more 10 float with the current" The next mo-
ment we passed the. mouth of a good sized
creek, whose waters, having just leaped fall
ofseYeraI feet, ran into the river, covered with
white frpth and bdbbles. We could see the
fall at a little distance, through the branches
and trees; and as we swept on, its, flaming
sheetlrehected thellight of our torchlikc shin
ing metal 'di iai- "A Fa oi .l'r- an..a7 'i"l.
We had scarcely, passed this point, when
my attention was attracted by a. pair of fiery
orbs that glistened out Of some low bushes up
on the left hank Of The river I saw that they
were the eyes ofsome animal, but what kind
Of animal ldcould not guess. | knewathey
were notthe eyes Of a deer Their peculiar
scintillaton, their lesser size, the wide space
between them--all convinced me they, were
not deer's eyes Moreover, they moved at
times, if the head of'the animal was carried
about in irregular circles, This IS never the
case with The eyes Of the deer, which either
pass hurriedly from point TO point, remain
with fixed and steadfast gazes | knew,
therefore, it was no deer ;but no matter what
it was Some Wild creature, and all are alike
the game Of the prairie hunter, ! took aim,
and pulled trigger While doing so, heard
the voicelo my companion warning me, as |
thought, not to fire. wondered at this adj
monition, but it was, too late to heed it, for it.
had been uttered almest simultaneously with
the report OF my riae.1a gilal aai hoidE a'4
first looked to the bank, to witness the cf-
feet Of my, shot, To my great surprise, 1.-THE
eyes, were still there, cleaning from the basll-
es as brightly as aeverlo Had llrnissed my
aim Tits true, the voice of my companion
had somewhat disconnected me, but still be-
lieyed that nay bullet must have sped truly;
as at had been delivered withia good aim. As
Il turned to, Dick for an explanation, a new.
sohlnld fell upon my ears that explained all, at
the same time causing me no slight feeling of
alarmIt II was a sound not unlike that some-
times uttered by terrified swine, but still foud
er and more threatening I ,khewit Welt
knew it was the snort Of the grizzly beargiroo,
Ot all American animals, ,1the grizzly; hear.
is the most to be 'dreaded!7 ARMED or hn9,,
armed, man ar1is IS no match for HIM and even the
courageous eDl hunter Of these parts shuns the
encounter This was why my companion had
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