CHAPTER XII. 



She-bear aud Cub Motherly Instinct Sporting Compunction 



Manajee. 



EARLY the next morning, men came in to report 

 that a she-bear and cub had been marked down, but 

 at a considerable distance from the camp. 



The hunters descended the valley for about three 

 miles, and then struck up one of the lateral glens 

 which debouched into it. These were of frequent 

 occurrence, and the upper and more rugged parts of 

 them appeared to be the favourite resorts of the 

 bears, who rather avoided the flat country in the 

 valley. Mackenzie rode his pony as far up the glen 

 as he could manage to screw it along, but was 

 obliged at last to leave it, and trust himself to his 

 tender feet. 



A thick tract of jungle entirely covered one side 

 of a spur running down into the valley, the ridge of 

 which was in some parts tolerably bare. It was in 

 the heart of this that the bear was supposed to be 

 lying, and it was decided to try and drive her up 



