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fully. However, once he becomes possessed 

 with the knowledge that he is being pursued, he 

 makes a pretty straight line away from danger. 

 At such a time a small cur dog is invaluable, for 

 while he will not attack the bear, by his yelping 

 and barking he delays his progress and at each 

 pause of the bear the hunter is gaining ground. 



To kill a bear that is already denned the dog 

 is better left at home, for he will be of no use 

 and you run the risk (if he is plucky) of his 

 being killed in the den. For all kinds of hunt- 

 ing I have found the small dog much preferable 

 to the one of large size. A small dog can 

 readily be put in one's game bag and carried up 

 near the game one is to start. He is lighter 

 and takes up less room in a canoe, the bones and 

 scraps of the camp are sufficient for his sup- 

 port, he will run in and nip at the heels of a 

 moose or deer and get out of the way and repeat 

 his barking, while a big dog would be getting 

 into trouble and endangering his life. 



I have often carried my hunting dog in my 

 game bag up a mountain and only slipped him 

 when the moose had jumped his bed. The dog 

 being fresh he very soon had the moose at a 

 standstill. In hunting bear the small dog has 

 the discretion to keep out of his reach and be 

 contented with barking and running him 

 around. Whereas the bigger dogs are fearless 



