DEATH OF OTHER BEARS. 28? 



Subsequently, we succeeded in rousing the wounded bear ; 

 but as the ground was then only very partially covered with 

 snow, it was thought more advisable to have a Skall, than to 

 attempt his destruction single-handed. 



Having ringed the beast, this therefore took place a few 

 days afterwards ; but as on that occasion nothing particular 

 occurred, suffice it to say, that everything went well, and 

 that we duly bagged the beast. That it was the same that 

 escaped from us in the early part of the winter was evident ; 

 for at the time of his death, a wound, still green, was 

 visible in his neck. 



A few days afterwards 1 proceeded with the dogs to 

 Nattjebacka, a hamlet situated seven to eight miles to the 

 south-west of Radane, in which vicinity, report said, one or 

 more bears harboured. 



Five or six peasants having volunteered to assist in the 

 search, we, on the following day, beat the forest far and 

 wide, though without seeing any indications of the animals. 

 But the succeeding morning fortune befriended us, for we 

 fell in with a large she-bear, which I at once shot through 

 the head. She also had three cubs, but unfortunately only a 

 few days old, at which period they are most difficult to rear ; 

 and though they were straightway conveyed home, where 

 every possible care was taken of them, they all, like those 

 captured at Radane, quickly perished. 



Though the Skalls spoken of were, from various causes, 

 far less successful than might have been anticipated, it will 

 be seen that when alone, I had no great cause to complain of 

 bad luck. 



These great hunts are all very well in their way ; but their 

 results are too uncertain. It often happens, indeed, that the 



