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to get upon his back, put a chain collar 

 around his neck, and fasten the heavy 

 chain with a swivel to the collar. The col- 

 lar was kept in place by a chain rigged 

 like a martingale and passed under his 

 arms and over his back. A stout rope 

 made fast about his body completed the 

 Monarch's fetters and the gag was then 

 removed from the royal mouth. The King 

 of the mountains was a hopeless prisoner- 

 Gulliver, tied hand and foot by the Lilli- 

 putians. 



The next morning Monarch was lashed 

 upon a rough sled a contrivance known 

 to lumbermen as a "go-devil" to make the 

 journey down the mountain. The first 

 team of horses procured to haul him could 

 not be driven anywhere near the bear. They 

 plunged and snorted and became utterly 

 unmanageable, and finally they broke 

 away and ran home. The next team was 

 but little better, and small progress was 

 made the first day. 



At night the Monarch was released from 



