THE BEAR. 



In this hunt, the man who is 

 seen engaged with the Bear, 

 came near losing his life by the 

 panic terror of his companion. 

 But h§ escaped by tumbling 

 down a precipice, the Bear 

 being killed by falling under. 



The shooting of this animal 

 by a single hunter is both a 

 dangerous and difficult matter. 

 One shot unless it penetrates 

 either the heart or the brain will 

 not kill. The heart is protected 

 by thick hair; the strong muscles 

 on the ( side of the head, and the 

 firmness of the skull, which is 

 impentrable to a rifle bullet at 

 any moderate distance, unless 

 that bullet takes effect perpen- 

 dicularly to the surface. 



In the formation of its teeth, 

 the Grizzly Bear has no more carnivorous character than the mildest of the other land Bears ; and if we are 

 to suppose that the number of false molars, which are small in size and speedily fall out, any indication of 

 an uncarnivorous character, this species should have that character in greater perfection than any of the 

 others, inasmuch as it is furnished with a greater number of those teeth. 



Bear Hunt in the Pyrenees. 



A. close encounter with a Black Bear. The hunter escaped by his 

 companion shooting the Bear. 



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A fivizzly Bear hunter in a very awkard situation. He conquered, 

 however; with the knife. 



