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at the face, when Dh'goo, having no time 

 to think of reloading the gun, sprung off 

 the rock, and getting behind the bear, 

 seized an ear witli each hand, lifting the 

 animal up, just as he was in the act of 

 getting the other man's head in his mouth. 

 The struggle for a few seconds, must have 

 been fearful, and Dirgoo must have been 

 for the moment, nerved by almost super- 

 human strength, to hold such a powerful 

 animal, but he did so, long enough to enable 

 the other man, to crawl from under the bear 

 and get up. Unfortunately the bear managed 

 to turn round and face the gallant fellow, 

 who still however kept his hold of its ears, 

 until he had received a severe bite in each 

 arm. Durmg the struggle, he had got his 

 back against one of the rocks, and collect- 

 ing his nearly exhausted strength, he placed 

 his foot against the bear's chest and threw 

 it over, immediately springing on to the rock, 

 upon which he had before taken refuge ; the 

 other man, in the mean time, placed him- 

 self out of danger. All this was the work of 



