The Wendigo【電子書籍】[ Algernon Blackwood ]

＜p＞The Wendigo is a novella by Algernon Blackwood, first published in The Lost Valley and Other Stories (Eveleigh Nash, 1910). In the wilderness north of Rat Portage in Northwestern Ontario, two Scotsmen ? divinity student Simpson and his uncle, Dr. Cathcart, an author of a book on collective hallucination ? are on a moose-hunting trip with guides Hank Davis and the wilderness-loving French "Canuck", Joseph D?fago. While their Indian cook, Punk, stays to tend the main camp, the others split up into two hunting-parties; Dr. Cathcart goes with Hank, while D?fago guides Simpson in a canoe down the river to explore the vast territory beyond. Simpson and D?fago make camp, and it soon becomes clear that D?fago senses ? or at least thinks he senses ? some strange and fearful odour on the wind. That night, Simpson wakes to find D?fago cowering in terror from something outside the tent. Later D?fago runs off into the night, forcing Simpson to go and look for him. He follows his footprints in th．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る