mund, with intelligence of a bear, or two bears, and sundry elks and hogs ; and I am told that they have never failed, after being fully satis- fied of a reward, if their information proved correct. The face of the country is decidedly favorable for the purpose. Every where there are commanding hills ; and as the game feed in the valleys, they are discovered at the dawn of the day, and watched from different high places, going into the wood or ravine, where they generally remain till the evening. The 50 FALLS OF THE CAVERY habit which the people constantly practise of hallooing to each other from hill to hill in their ordinary concerns, as mentioned by Captain Harkness, is also highly favorable to the marking of the wild animals accurately, because they are not alarmed at the bawling going on, although they may be the objects of it. To make assurance doubly sure, the villagers take possession of the surrounding heights, and remain watching, whilst a messen- ger is sent with the news. The arrival of such a herald was always a joyful summons ; guns, spears, dogs and horses were put in immediate requisition. A consider- able number of beaters were at first employed