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Show RABBIT'S STRANGE REFUGE Bunny Leads Pursuing Lynx Intt Hunter's Tent and MakM His Escape. That the instinct of self preservation preserva-tion is not confined to the human race is ovldent from many lustancei In tho experience of hunters in tht north woods. A trapper In tho Tahquamenon river riv-er country, relates tho fact that whlit seated In his tent one evening at dust thoro was a sudden commotion at tht entranco and in popped a rabbit. Bo hind tho rabbit in hot pursuit, camt another animal, which fairly sho down tho snow Incline Into the tent This animal proved to bo a lynx. For a moment It did not dawn upor tho lynx that It had been caught In 1 snaro, and then It Jumped to tho op posite sldo of tho tont and began tc claw tho canvas and snarl. By thti tlmo the trappor had grabbod n clut and was on his feet. The fight that followed was llvoiy and how ho man aged to dodge tho lynx and also hit il In tho semi-darkness Is, ho says, 1 mystery, but tt was not long befort the lynx was stretched out lifeless The hunter came out of the oncountei with a few scratches, and In th meantlmo tho rabbit escaped. |