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right upon him, he had just time to throw 

 himself upon his face (a bear's favourite 

 place of attack), when he was seized by the 

 thigh. He made a violent spring down the 

 hill amongst the brushwood, by which he 

 shook Bruin oif, but not without first 

 receiving a second gripe, which partially 

 missing, gave the cut under the knee. The 

 bear then caught Colls by the foot, luckily 

 the shoe came off, and there being no room 

 on the field of battle for further struggles, 

 without both going over a precipice together, 

 the bear turned sharp to the left, leaving 

 poor Colls, within a few feet of a fall of 

 fifty yards over a rock. 



The bear was fired at, and hit, by one of 

 the men as he made off ; this we ascertained 

 when we visited the scene of action the next 

 day. R. got down to Colls as soon as he 

 could, and they then had to carry him home 

 eight miles. He was tolerably lively when 

 brought in, but had to be carried in a doolie 

 for seven weeks. This untoward accident, 

 prevented our carrying out the remainder of 



