174 THE AMERICAN BLACK BEAR. 



hunt. Others were killed that day, but an account of 

 the chase would be in a great measure a repetition. 

 Tlie danger was very small compared with the size 

 and strength of the game we were following ; in fact, a 

 walk through the crowded streets of London on a damp 

 foggy day is attended with far more danger to life 

 and limb than the pursuit of the black bear in the 

 forests and cane-brakes of Texas and the neighbouring 

 States. 



