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neighborhood, is John Canova. He tells us the game is 

 handy, especially the deer. The bear is hunted but 

 little, as few or no good bear dogs are to be brought into 

 requisition. When they are available the bear is then 

 molested, and very often old bruin succumbs. Mr. Can- 

 ova, while in the woods alone one day the past summer, 

 encountered a monster black bear. His &quot; old reliable &quot; 

 double-barrel gun was convenient, and Mr. Bear quietly 

 expired. Its weight was 400 pounds. Sportsmen hunt 

 considerably some few miles south of here, on the Hali 

 fax river, as they like the idea of spending a few weeks 

 of camp life. They general go by way of the Matanzas 

 river, running south about twenty-five miles ; thence 

 they are hauled boat and all over a strip of land nine 

 miles in width to the Halifax river. 

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