110 TUB EASTERN HUNTEES. 



for he will often attack without the slightest pro- 

 vocation where a tiger would slip away, yet in 

 following a wounded animal there can be no com- 

 parison between the danger attending the pursuit 

 of the two. The lightning rush of a tiger, giving 

 barely time to discharge one barrel, is very different 

 from the slower movements of a bear. To follow the 

 former through thick jungle is, when his where- 

 abouts is unknown, foolhardy ; and I fear our hunters 

 were not quite free from that imputation when they 

 sought the one they had last killed. 



Norman knew that even a bear was an ugly cus- 

 tomer at close quarters, so he made his progress 

 with caution. He had not advanced, however, many 

 yards,- when he detected the black mass of hair 

 lying in front, and immediately fired into it. But 

 it was unnecessary ; for number two had also suc- 

 cumbed to the force and correctness of the fire with 

 which he had been received by the masked battery 

 on the hill-side. 



" I call that a sharp piece of work, and well per- 

 formed," Norman exclaimed, as they stood examining 

 the defunct bear. " You are certain, Hawkes, of 

 some of the genuine now. But we must warn Mac 

 and Manajee." And the speaker howled forth an 

 intimation of the success which had befallen them. 



Mackenzie soon appeared, and, while inspecting 



