Our Native Land Or Glances At American Scenery And Places With Sketches of Li
Our Native Land Or Glances At American Scenery And Places With Sketches of Li
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But, when snow lies deep on the frozen ground, the great animal finds his heavy body and long legs destructive of all speed. When undisturbed, he paws away the snow, or shovels it 200 OUR NATIVE LAND. aside with his massive horns, and finds in the lichens and mosses that keep green and tender beneath the snow, abundant food. There is no reason for his making long journeys, and the difficulties of travel do not prevent his getting food. But the position is altered if he scents the pursuing hunte...r. Conscious that he is taken at a disadvantage, he stands trembling and half paralyzed at the hopeless struggle which is before him. The hunter, guided by infallible signs in his search for game, gradually approaches. He walks over the lightly-packed snow as if walking on the solid ground. Where the drift lies with its trembling surface, as if of a mass of eider-down, he finds firm footing, as if borne in the air by some invisible power. But there is no miracle in this swift, easy tramp over the unpacked snow.
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