408 BEAR-SHOOTING IN TRANSYLVANIA. 
killed twenty-nine Woodcock, two Hares, one Sparrow-Hawk, 
one Goatsucker, and three Jays. 
On the 2nd of October we could only devote a small part 
of the morning to shooting, as we had to leave in the after- 
noon. We therefore chose the nearer ground, which we had 
shot over on the first occasion, and where we now found a 
great many Cock, and killed seventeen of them, besides one 
Hare and a Sparrow-Hawk. This brought our shooting in 
Transylvania to a close for the time being. 
I had unhappily not selected the right season, for we had 
come at least a week too early, and ought to have waited 
until about the middle of October. It was only during the 
last days of our shooting that the bears began to leave the 
virgin forests higher up, and to betake themselves to the out- 
lying woods, and one could very well see how from day 
to day they were changing their quarters, for more were 
reported by the trackers, and more were seen and encountered 
by us. 
A telegram which I received from Transylvania on the 
12th of October further confirmed my view of the matter, for 
on the 11th my neighbour Baron K. shot an outlying wood 
situated a few miles from my march, and met with seven 
bears in the course of the day. Count T. killed a large 
female and a medium-sized one. A young male fell to old 
Herr v. M., and a fairly well-grown female to a keeper, 
while two were missed and one escaped without being shot at. 
Still we had reason to be well satisfied with our shooting 
trip, though it was unfortunately rather premature, for three 
Bears had been killed and four wounded, while the guns had 
seen four others, but had allowed them to pass without firing, 
and one had broken back through the beaters. 
