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up at them, and was, I think, uneasy and 

 suspicious. 



As it was impossible to get any nearer to 

 him than I was, I put up the two hundred 

 yards' sight and tried to fire at him, but I had 

 my rifle set at the safety, and before I could 

 release it the black animal started off at a 

 gallop. I was using an eight-millimetre 

 Mannlicher rifle, with five shots in the 

 magazine. 



The black animal, which I never suspected to 

 be anything but a small bear, did not run 

 straight away from me, but in a half circle, 

 skirting the base of a little hill, from the top 

 of which I had shot the caribou. Still he 

 always got further and further away. 



I missed him with the first two shots, which 

 both fell short. I then put up the three 

 hundred yards' sight, and hit him in the hind- 

 quarters, my bullet doing him very little 

 damage, as it only went through the flesh 

 behind the bone of one of his thighs. It 

 stopped him, however, for a few moments, 

 during which he turned round and round 



