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action of a wild animal, may perhaps amuse 

 and interest you. I was out shooting musk- 

 deer, and at some distance, saw a brown or 

 snow bear, feeding on another hill-side. I 

 stalked it, in company with one of my men, 

 each carrying a I'ifle. On arriving within 

 range, and looking over the ridge to shoot it, 

 I saw that it was not a full-grown bear, and 

 would neitlier fire myself, nor allow the man 

 to do so, but stood up in its sight. It turned 

 round to look at us, but did not bolt away 

 immediately, as might have been expected, 

 whereupon the man, to make game of it, as 

 he said, began to beckon and call to it, as 

 if calling a dog. For some time it stood 

 motionless, looking at us, but at last, 

 strange to say, it did come up to within 

 a few paces, and even then seemed quite at 

 a loss what to make of us. The man con- 

 sidered this much too near to be pleasant, so 

 fired, and killed the poor lirute dead. The 

 only conjecture which I could form, to ac- 

 count for this seeming inapprehension on the 

 part of this animal, was, that it must have 



