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came from, and if lie had noticed us would 

 probably not have charged ; but still Simon 

 was ri2:ht in refusino; to follow him until 

 mornixig, when I felt pretty confident we 

 should find him. 



Whilst we were talking over the events 

 of the last few minutes, one of the big tree- 

 stumps which I had been watching half un- 

 consciously galloped off" to another part of 

 the field. Simon saw it as soon as I did, 

 and stalking silently round the lower edge 

 of the basin, we almost ran up against a third 

 bear, when unluckily I coughed, and sent 

 him ofi" m double quick time before I could 

 get a shot at him. 



The moonhght was now very brilliant, 

 and the little field seemed literally ahve with 

 bears. We distinctly made out four, besides 

 the one I had shot at, and one of them, a 

 very large fellow, with a coat that looked 

 like silver in the moonlight, gave us employ- 



