25O ADVENTURES OF DR. ALLEN. 



After dinner I started up the left fork of the Patohar, 

 and after climbing a bald hill, sat down to view the hills and 

 valleys. My boy, Willie, accompanied me on his pony and 

 presently he detected something down the mountain. I_turned 

 and. saw a young grizzly, bounding down the other side of the 

 mountain. In an instant I was on my feet, and, after giving 

 careful directions to my son, went after his bearship. I 

 watched him carefully until he began to feed in a berry patch, 

 and then I went as fast as I could run toward that place. I 

 was tired when I had located him, almost out of breath,, but, 

 having taken a short rest, I concluded to give him a surprise. 



After a careful survey of the ground, I decided that my 

 position was disadvantageous, and that the bear was going 

 from me over a divide. Instant action was imperative. I 

 concluded that I would break his shoulder, and, by the time 

 he could get to me, one hundred yards distant, I would have 

 him pretty well filled with lead. After throwing in a death- 

 seed, I took deliberate aim at his shoulderblade and fired. 

 The bear was more than surprised, and, with a roar which 

 sounded as if the infernal regions had been stormed, he was 

 almost on top of me before the smoke cleared away. 



I gave him another shot at about ten paces and jumped 

 to one side. He dashed at the smoke and his roars almost 

 deafened me. Quick as thought I threw in another shell, 

 sprang across a little rill, and, as I landed, I heard him com- 

 ing. I drew another hasty aim and fired. The fire and pow- 

 der burnt his face severely and the ball struck him just under 

 the eye, tearing his entire brain to pieces. Just then I heard 

 something snort behind me, and wheeled around to see my 

 boy within twenty paces of me. The little pony was snorting 

 like an antelope at the bear, which lay in a pool of blood. 



The first shot had broken his shoulder, the second had 

 struck him in the breast and gone through his lungs, the third 



