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the lungs and heart. The bear kept going, and the 

 second shot entered close beside the first and also 

 passed through the lungs and heart. The third shot 

 broke the bear's back and it dropped, having gone 

 twenty-five yards through deep snow after the first 

 shot went home. The last bullet " frightfully shattered 

 the vertebrae," he sa)'s, although its hole of exit was 

 very little larger than the aperture made by its en- 

 trance. A second bear went fifty yards, after a ball 

 had passed through the shoulder and lower portion of 

 the heart, and two more balls were needed to "finish 

 him off," one breakino- his back. 



Mr. Kidder shot another bear (the ball entering 

 behind the shoulder and passing through the lungs), 

 which started off, after being hit, when his native fired, 

 hitting her behind the shoulder with the .50-calibre, 

 when she dropped like a stone. Upon still another 

 bear Mr. Kidder had an opportunity to compare the 

 stopping power of his .30-40 with his friend's .45-70. 

 He says: "A large female bear, with two yearling 

 cubs, was stalked. My friend shot the female back of 

 the shoulder with the .45-70. This knocked her over, 

 and, although she regained her feet, she went less than 

 twenty-five yards before she succumbed. At the same 

 time I shot one of the cubs with the .30-40. The 

 bullet was beautifully placed behind the shoulder, and 

 knocked him over. He picked himself up and was 

 going rapidly away when I knocked him over again. 

 There is no doubt but that the .45-70 upon the larger 

 bear had more of a shock than did the .30-40 bullet 

 upon the yearling, although they were hit in almost 

 identical spots." 



