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me ; " and he will still go up any mountain. He has 

 no breath at all!" by which he meant to say that he 

 never was out of breath, let the ascent he had to 

 mount be long as it might. It was he who had once 

 had an affair with a bear. When it was known that 

 the animal was in the mountains, a general turn-out 

 took place and the pursuit began. Old Solacher young 

 then however contrived to wound him, but the bear 

 did not drop, and though he followed the red track 

 for hours he was unable to come up with him again. 

 He got away then, but was shot four years after in 

 the Tyrol. 



The next morning I was up betimes; but on looking 

 out of the window and finding the mountains covered 

 with mist, I turned in again. It afterwards cleared 

 up, and Max proposed we should set off in the after- 

 noon for a hut, where we could sleep, and go out the 

 first thing in the morning. " We shall then be close 

 at hand/' he observed, " and can have a splendid stalk. 

 Where I intend to go is the best place we have, and 

 after the two drives reserved for the King it is the 

 one I like most. We must take something with us, to 

 cook our schmarren some meal and butter, and some 

 bread. We shah 1 be warm enough in the hay." 



"Well, when shall we start?" 



"Why, it is dark now by five o'clock, so it will be 

 better to leave at one." And having got our things 

 together, off we set, in good spirits and buoyant with 

 expectation. 



