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having been wounded by him, went on towards Manley, 

 and was killed there. 



The shikaries, from the top of the cairn, now shouted 

 that the brute was escaping, and on turning round I saw 

 him some eighty yards off, crossing the smaller hill behind 

 me. The first shot, striking low, missed him, but a shell 

 from the left barrel went through the shoulder, and he fell 

 dead in his tracks without a groan. Turning round, I had 

 barely reloaded when another bear moved up the hill, and 

 then turned to the right straight along the line of beaters, 

 which receded as he approached. I gave him a shell when 

 he was about seventy yards off, which rolled him over, but 

 he got up again, and, charging right through the beaters, 

 vanished over the top of the hill. I then went to see what 

 had become of Poulton, and met him returning to his post 

 after examining the dead bear, and, as there was only room 

 for one rifle on the coll, I elected to remain spectator for 

 the rest of the beat. In a short time another bear appeared, 

 moving across our left front towards Manley, who got 

 a long shot at but missed him. It had the effect, however, 

 of checking the brute, which turned and attempted to 

 break back through the beaters. Poulton called me down 

 to help, and some shells fired by us, which burst on the 

 rocks near him, caused him to change his mind, and he 

 turned again and passed straight under Manley, who was 

 again unlucky. Poulton ran on to cut off his retreat, and 

 I remained smoking on the rock. Poulton fired twice, but 

 failed to stop him. He then shouted to me to run up the 

 hill in rear, which I did, directed by the elephant men from 

 the lower ground, who could see all the entertainment, 

 but on reaching the crest it was only to see the bear 

 lobbing across the plain over two hundred yards away, 

 and both my shots missed him, although the shell from 



