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which succeeded in reaching the hills 

 without giving us a shot. We followed 

 it to its den, but finding there was no 

 chance of dislodging it, we turned 

 towards the tents. Just then one of 

 my peons pointed to a lofty and precipi- 

 tous pinnacle, five hundred feet above 

 us ; there stood a bear motionless as a 

 statue and watching our movements in 

 front of the den. It was agreed that 

 while the rest of the party watched the 

 precipitous front of the rock I should 

 climb up the back of the cone by an 

 access which a sturdy villager offered to 

 point out. It proved a difficult climb, 

 and on reaching the top, which was per- 

 fectly flat, I found it completely covered, 

 to a depth of three feet, by a network 

 of the vine-like branches of some wild 



