Wilderness Ways

A clatter rises over the snow, and a herd of caribou rushes toward William J. Long like a cavalry charge. Behind the flying snow and steam is Megaleep, the “Wandering One”—and he is nowhere near as ungainly as the stories say.

In the northern wilderness of New Brunswick, Long follows caribou across frozen barrens and through shadowed woods, where a trail may lead everywhere and its maker nowhere. This late-19th-century collection begins with Megaleep: bold yet wary, restless yet tied to his feeding grounds, shaped by seasons into a creature that can vanish in plain sight. Long wants to observe him; Megaleep’s shifting habits make even a glimpse a small triumph. How do you study an animal that never stays where its tracks promise?

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