If this were a more civilised part of the world I should say that they resulted from electricity--but of course that couldn't be away off here in the wilderness.

I asked him about them but got no answer." "Have you, then, seen and spoken with him ?" asked the missionary.
"Of course we have seen him, for he spent last night in this very cabin, and we have spoken to him, though not with him, for he is dumb." "I envy you the privilege of having met him, and am greatly relieved to learn that he is so wholly human; for the natives regard him as either a god or a devil, I can't tell which, and ascribe to him superhuman powers.

He has righted many a wrong, punished many an evil-doer, saved many a poor soul from starvation, and performed innumerable deeds of kindness.

He dares everything and seems able to do anything.

He is at once the guardian angel and the terror of this region, and, on the whole, I doubt if there is in all the world to-day a more remarkable being than the man-wolf of Labrador.".