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edge, I tried to make out how the animal was facing, but 

 not beincr able to do so, fired into the black mass once 

 more. The bear rolled over and then got up and turned, 

 facing me, and fully expecting a charge, I stepped back, 

 so as to give him some open ground to come across. 

 But he thought better of it, and turned off to slink away. 

 Again I fired, but he went on and I followed into the 

 jungle, and presently he stood still, with his right 

 shoulder exposed. This gave me the chance I wanted, 

 and I killed with the next shot. I could have hit him 

 in the head when he was facing me, but I did not want 

 to injure that part of him, and would not fire at his face. 



The bullet with which the shikari said I had missed 

 was found to have gone straight through the animal's 

 stomach from side to side. Why it did not leave a track 

 of fresh blood I cannot explain. Three Paradox bullets 

 were picked out of the body, two having gone almost 

 through, and being found under the skin on the opposite 

 side. They had not flattened much, or otherwise altered 

 considerably in shape. I could not discover where the 

 Lee-Metford bullet had entered, but the place of exit in 

 front of the stomach was plain enough. The vitality of 

 the animal was remarkable. Two of the Paradox bullets 

 had hit him in the neck in front of the shoulder. 

 Ordinarily either should have proved fatal, but it was not 

 till he received the fourth in the right shoulder that he 

 finally dropped. This would seem to show that if he had 

 charged, the Paradox even would not have been enough 

 to stop him, unless he had been hit in the head. Nothing 

 more was seen that day except a stag with a single horn. 



On the morning of the loth we went up the ridge 



