Gray Wolf and the porcupine had both added to the defeat of the lynx on the sand-bar.

And along Henri's hunting line it was the trap that was his ally.

Even with his enemy thus shackled he took big chances.

And he took bigger chances than ever with the lynx under the windfall.
The cat was an old warrior, six or seven years old.

His claws were an inch and a quarter long, and curved like simitars.