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indulged in, and not ten cents worth of tendency 

 to fiction can be proA ed against tlie entire nar- 

 rative. The loon story is literally true, every 

 bit and bite of it. The only approach to a ''bear 

 story " shall be this, and for its truthfulness 

 several gentlemen are ready to vouch. A real 

 live black bear, and a good sized one too, was 

 actually shot not far from our cam^), the skin 

 was soon after nailed up to dry, (see front- 

 ispiece,) and eventually went to the state of 

 New Jersey, where another " Page" will relate 

 the same bear story to wondering listeners of 

 tender years. 



OQUOSSOC BLACK BEAR. 



