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and it died soon after. We tlien walked to North 

 Point, and saw many curlews, but tliey were so 

 wild, that I killed but three. 



Monday, August 30, 1779. The bears were 

 skinned and weighed; the old one was but sev- 

 enty-two pounds, and the cub only eight; they 

 had nothing but alexander in them. 



Wednes., SeptemJjer 8, 1779. At noon I dis- 

 covered a black-bear feeding on Venison Head; 

 taking Mr. Collingham, Martin, and four dogs 

 with me, we landed under Berry Hill, and shot 

 him through. I then laid the dogs on and baited 

 him for some time; they all behaved very well, 

 particularly the greyhound, which always kept 

 behind: but the three Newfoundland dogs seizing 

 forward, he lamed them all, and one of them so 

 desperately, that I am afraid he will scarcely ever 

 be good for any thing again. Observing that the 

 other two were in great danger also, I seized the 

 bear by the back of the neck, introduced my knife 

 behind his shoulder to his heart, and killed him. 

 This method, I learnt from his majesty's Jagurs, 

 in the forest of Linsburg, in Hanover, when I was 

 killing wild boars with them, at the conclusion of 

 the German War. When a boar is stabbed in that 

 manner, he instantly drops dead, but this bear did 

 not; on the contrar^^ he fought the dogs most 

 furiously until all his blood was spilt, and the 

 exertions which he made, forced it up m}^ sleeve 

 as high as my elbow. He weighed sixty-three 

 pounds, was getting fat, and I judge him to be 

 about three or four years old. 



