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STIFF AS A POKER. 



Our prize proved a large male. Being desirous of having 

 him conveyed whole from the forest and this was then an 

 impossibility we therefore, after distending his limbs, and 

 covering the carcase over with Gran-ris, left him where 

 he fell ; when, well satisfied with the result of the Chasse, 

 we slowly bent our steps homewards. 



THE BEAR WHEN FROZEN. 



Two days subsequently, the beast, by the aid of a sledge, 

 was conveyed to Brunberget; and the weather having been 

 severe in the interim, he was then frozen into a solid mass. 

 In this state I caused him to be placed on his hind legs, 

 with a stick in front, to prevent his toppling over; in 



