no Hunting the Grisly 



the plains being barren of all cover. After 

 waiting for a couple of hours Rogers risked 

 the shot, in despair of getting nearer, and 

 wounded the bear, though not very seriously. 

 The animal made off, almost broadside to, 

 and Rogers ran forward to intercept it. As 

 soon as it saw him, it turned and rushed 

 straight for him, not heeding his second 

 shot, and evidently bent on charging home. 

 Rogers then waited until it was within twenty 

 yards, and brained it with his third bullet. 



In fact bears differ individually in courage 

 and ferocity precisely as men do, or as the 

 Spanish bulls, of which it is said that not 

 more than one in twenty is fit to stand the 

 combat of the arena. One grisly can scarcely 

 be bullied into resistance; the next may fight 

 to the end, against any odds, without flinch- 

 ing, or even attack unprovoked. Hence men 

 of limited experience in this sport, general- 

 izing from the actions of the two or three 

 bears each has happened to see or kill, often 

 reach diametrically opposite conclusions as 

 to the fighting temper and capacity of the 

 quarry. Even old hunters who indeed, as 

 a class, are very narrow-minded and opin- 

 ionated often generalize just as rashly as 

 beginners. One will portray all bears as very 



