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But the bear was not yet vanquished. Several other shots 

 were subsequently directed at him, and it was not until the 

 following day that he was found dead, with a bullet lodged in 

 his breast. 



The wounded man recovered, but it was thought he would 

 be a cripple ever afterwards. 



THE BEAR AND THE BELL-RINGER. 



Though the actual loss of life from bears in Scandinavia 

 is inconsiderable, instances of people being mauled by those 

 beasts are of every-day occurrence. The proportion of the 



