42 BEARS. 



" Happily, lie arrived by daylight, otherwise he might 

 have passed this solitary post unperceived, and have 

 perished in the idle waste of waters. Being descried 

 from the Fort, a canoe was sent to his relief, and he 

 was brought to shore more dead than alive, where he 

 soon recovered of his wounds, but remained maimed 

 for life."* 



II. THE BROWN BEAR. 



THE manner in which the Russian peasants hunt this 

 bear is worthy of description. The weapon of the 

 Fins is a lance. At about a foot from the point a 

 bar of iron is fixed crosswise, the object being to 

 prevent the lance from penetrating too deeply into 

 the body of the animal, and causing him, pierced 

 through and through, to fall upon the hunter. 



When this latter has discovered the bear's winter 

 quarters, he posts himself, with his dog, near the 

 entrance. The dog barks, the man shouts, and both 

 making the greatest noise possible, endeavour to 

 irritate the solitary animal and bring him out of 

 his den. 



For a long time the bear hesitates, but at last, 



* living's "Journey in the Prairies." 



