he rest will at once fly away."

Another bird that remains all winter in those cold North Lands is the
great snow-white owl. His wonderful covering of feathers, even down to
the toes, enables him to defy the severest frost. He generally sleeps
by day in some dense balsam tree, and then is ready, when the sun goes
down, for his nightly raids upon the rabbits and partridges. He is also
fond of mice, and as there are some varieties of these active little
creatures that run around a good deal even in the winter, and at night,
the owls are ever on the lookout for them, as well as are the foxes.
Sometimes these great white owls in their night huntings fly far away
from their usual resting places. Then they are in great trouble,
especially if there are no trees with dense branches among which they
can hide. If the bright sun happens to peep up over the horizon ere
they are safely stowed away in some shadowy place, they are at the mercy
of any foe. Sometimes they alight on the icy or snowy surface of the
lake. They are then easily captured.

When a clever Indian dog-driver sees one thus standing out on the ice he
quickly stops his dog-train, and, running toward the bewildered owl,
gets on the side on which the sun is shining. Then he makes sufficient
noise to keep the owl excited and looking toward him. In doing this the
owl has to let the bright, brilliant rays of the sun shine right into
his great, staring eyes. The man, with nothing but his long whip in his
hand, keeps approaching, taking care, however, that his shadow does not
fall on the bird. If he did, that instant the owl would be off. So the
man keeps enough to one side to have the owl always in the brilliant
light. The result is he does not see the approaching man. When near
enough the man uses his whip in such a way that the long lash winds
itself suddenly around the neck of the owl, and he is thus captured.

When better food is scarce these large owls are eaten by the Indians.
Some are so fond of them that they are ever on the lookout to capture
them. They have several methods by which they catch them. One is to
fasten an upright pole securely in the ice. On the top of this is
nailed a little board, and on this is set a steel trap or snare. The
owls get tired with their constant flying about, and, seeing this handy
resting place, are then quickly caught as they alight upon it. Another
method was explained to Sam by an old Indian hunter, and with