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wounded it, the bear had gone some distance, and received 

 seven bullets from his own and Little's rifle before it finally 

 dropped dead at fairly close quarters. I do not quote this as 

 an example of Glyn's and Little's powers with a rifle, since 

 they are both good shots, but merely to show how tough 

 these great brown bears are, and how great is their vitality 

 if not hit actually in the right spot. Glyn had one more 

 shot at another bear at long range, and failed to get it. The 

 total results did not come up to my expectations after seeing 

 one bear myself at Ivanoff Bay in the only two hours I spent 

 on land there. They had killed one or two more caribou for 

 meat, and also collected a few birds. I was more than sorry 

 that Glyn had not accompanied me to the Bering Sea, where 

 he could have got all the bears he wanted in a few days' 

 time. 



They described the mosquitoes as being terrific on several 

 occasions during their stay at the bay, and this I had fully 

 expected, as they fairly hunted me off the shore when I landed 

 there. Glyn was not at all pleased with the results given by 

 his 8-m. Mannlicher, not only in the instance of the bear, but 

 also when using it for caribou. I do not profess to be an 

 expert in such matters myself, but mine gave fairly satisfac- 

 tory results, although the .256 Mannlicher is undoubtedly 

 a harder hitting weapon. Personally I prefer the 8-m. 

 Mannlicher to our English .303 ; the bullets from the former 

 seem to mushroom better, and inflict more severe wounds 

 than those of the .303. Every sportsman has his own 

 particular fancy as regards some kind of rifle, and will 

 continue to be of the same mind until the end of the chapter. 

 But if every one reads and follows the various advice and 

 hints to young sportsmen and others which are daily written 

 upon these matters in the sporting press, he will everlastingly 



