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the "go-devil" and secured only by his 

 chains to a large tree. The ropes were 

 removed from his legs, and he was allowed 

 considerable freedom to move about, but 

 a close watch was kept upon him. After 

 several futile efforts to break away, he ac- 

 cepted the situation, stretched himself at 

 the foot of the tree and watched the camp- 

 fire all night. 



In the morning the ropes were replaced, 

 after a lively combat, and the bear was 

 again lashed to the sled. Four horses were 

 harnessed to it and the journey was re- 

 sumed. Men with axes and bars went 

 ahead to make a road, and it was with 

 no small amount of labor that they made 

 it passable. The poor old bear was 

 slammed along over the rocks and through 

 the brush, but he never whimpered at the 

 hardest jolts. With all the care that could 

 be observed, it was impossible to make his 

 ride anything but a series of bumps, slides 

 and capsizes, and the progress was slow. 

 At the steep places men held the sled back 



