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struggling. Suddenly he fell down under them in the snow ; then 

 got up again and started off with the dogs after him once more, 

 biting him in the legs till they fetched blood, and for the second 

 time the bear rolled over on the ice. It was lying there, with the 

 dogs keeping it down, when I arrived on the scene, and I am quite 

 sure they would soon have made very short work of the wretched 

 animal if they had been left to their own devices. The poor thing 

 was really a sight to be pitied as it lay there struggling and kicking 



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to shake off and escape from its blood-thirsty tormentors. To 

 shoot in such circumstances was quite impossible, for, although I 

 almost placed the barrel of my gun on the animal's body, I risked 

 sending a dog over into the eternal hunting-grounds. There was 

 nothing for it but to help the fellow on to his legs again, in order 

 to get a free shot. After sundry kicks and pokes with the butt 

 end of my gun, I at last drove the dogs sufficiently off the 

 unfortunate bear for it to rise and take flight to fall a moment 

 afterwards with a bullet in the iieck. 



