l6 THE ADVENTURES OF 



house, where a man, who had just had a fight 

 with a cinnamon bear, had been placed. Of 

 course on hearing this I dropped in and heard 

 the fatally wounded man, as far as he was 

 able, relate the circumstances. He had shot 

 and badly w^ounded the bear, and was follow- 

 ing its trail, hoping to be able to kill it, through 

 a rough stony place, and as he was going along 

 as noiselessly as he could for the rocks, he sud- 

 denly came upon it and did not have time to 

 shoot before it sprang upon him and dashed 

 him to the ground. In his struggles to release 

 himself from the animal, both his legs were 

 broken, and he saw that his only chance was 

 in strategy, as he was match for the bear in 

 strength, and he lay perfectly still as if dead, 

 when the bear after eyeing him closely for a 

 moment or two started slowly away. As soon 

 as the bear was a few feet off he raised on his 

 hands and knees — his le2:s both beinor broken 

 below the knee — and started to crawl away. 

 This attracted the bear's attention and it 

 turned and pounced upon him with greater 

 fury than before, this time breaking one of his 



