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one bad been overpowered. On approaching them in a 

 circle, we found that they manifested no desire to come 

 down, and we resolved to try smoking. We surrounded 

 the tree with a pile of brushwood and large branches. 

 The flames ascended and caught hold of the dry bark. 

 At length the tree assumed the appearance of a pillar 

 of flame. The bears mounted to the top branches. 

 When they had reached the uppermost, they were seen 

 to totter, and soon after, the branch cracking and snap- 

 ping across, they came to the ground, bringing with 

 them a mass of broken twigs. They were cubs, and the 

 dogs soon worried them to death. 



The party returned to the house in triumph. Scipio'a 

 horse being severely wounded, was let loose in the field, 

 to repair his strength by eating the corn. A cart was 

 afterwards sent for the game. But before we had left 

 the field, the horses, dogs, and bears, together with the 

 fires, had destroyed more corn within a few hours, than 

 the poor bear and her cubs had, during the whole of 

 their visits. 



HUNTING THE GRIZZLY BEAR, 



THE following is an account of two grizzly bears taken 

 by General Pike, in the Rocky Mountains, and after- 

 wards exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum : 



These bears were taken in rather a southern latitude, 

 among the Rocky Mountains ; and they arc said to have 



