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that they are sometimes caught when feeding 

 on them in this manner ; a strong noose being 

 placed around the hillocks in which the 

 ants are imbedded is drawn over the neck of 

 the bear,, by a person in ambush, at the time 

 he is lowering his head in order to draw up 

 the ants with his breath through his nostrils. 



I never heard of more than one person be- 

 ing killed by a bear, and that was an old man 

 who was cutting wood at the foot of Muckan- 

 gunge hill, about two miles from Hagaree- 

 bang cantonments, when a female bear ha- 

 ving two cubs, being disturbed by him, at- 

 tacked, and killed him. 



They are often met by travellers on the 

 new road ; the carriers of palanquins are so 

 accustomed to see them, that they take lit- 

 tle notice of them, unless they think they are 

 carrying a person unaccustomed to the coun- 

 try, whom in that case, they endeavour to 

 intimidate by pretending that there is great 

 danger in going on. This they do with the 



