LABRADOR JOURNAL 229 



aljuvc; and a blae-k oiie, walking along the north 

 shore. I landed on the south side with my double 

 barrel and ride; ordering captain Kettle to land 

 Jack on the opposite shore; then to follow me 

 with one of his men, and leave the other to take 

 care of the boat and keep her atioat. I had not 

 gone far, before I observed a very large black- 

 bear walking upwards, on the other side of the 

 river; which soon took the water and swam across, 

 but landed at some distance above me, and went 

 into the woods. 



About half a mile higher, I came to a very 

 strong shoot of water, occasioned by the river 

 being pent in between two high points; from 

 thence I saw several white-bears fishing in the 

 stream above. I waited :^or them, and in a short 

 time, a bitch vrith a small cub swam doAvn close 

 to llie other shore, and landed a little below. The 

 bitch immediately went into the wockIs, but the 

 cub sat down u])on a rock, when I sent a ball 

 through it, at the distance of a hundred and 

 twentv vards at the least, and knocked it over; 

 but getting ii]) again it crawled into the woods, 

 wlicre T heaid i1 ci-ying nionrnfuUy, and con- 

 chidcd that it coiilfl not long surx'ive. 



Tlic I'cpoi-f <»r my gun 1)rought some others 

 down, and it was no so(»ner re-loaded, than an- 

 f>ther she bcai-, with a cub of eighteen months 

 old <';inic swiimiiiiig close undei" inc. T shot the 

 liitch thi'oiiL:li the bend .'ind killc(l Ik r dc.'id. M'lic 

 (•lib j)cr-<'('i\ iiig tlii< ;in(] L!:ctting sight of inc, .-is T 

 was standing close to tlic I'da^i' of the ])a]dc, which 



