Revenge was the passion that now raged strongest within him.
Revenge caused him to forget that he was hungry.
The opossum, as soon as she came to the ground, had suddenly clewed herself up; and now presented the same appearance as when she first came upon the stage.

Head, neck, limbs, and tail, were no longer visible-- nothing but a round ball of thick, woolly hair! At this the catamount tugged with "teeth and toe-nails." He worried it for not less than ten minutes, until he became weary.

The 'possum was dead to all appearance; and this the other seemed to think,--or whether he did or not, at all events, he became tired, and left off worrying her.

The sweeter morsel--the hare--was before his eyes; and this, perhaps, tempted him to desist, preferring to try his teeth for a while upon it.

Leaving the 'possum at length, he turned round and seized upon the hare.
At this moment Francois let Marengo slip, and the whole party rushed forward with shouts.
The lynx, seeing his retreat cut off from the timber, struck out upon the prairie; but the great hound soon overtook him; and after a short but desperate fight, put an end to his poaching.
The young hunters in the pursuit had picked up the hare, which the lynx had dropped in his flight.