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our plan, with regard to shooting ; and for 

 the rest of the trip, we lost the help of a 

 good sportsman. Bad work, for the 1st of 

 September. 



We staid here the next day, and finding 

 Colls in good spirits and better than we could 

 have expected, we sallied forth to view the 

 spot where the affair took place, and see if 

 we could not find the bear, and revenge our 

 wounded companion. We found Colls' shoe 

 and the blood of the enemy, but a good deal 

 of rain having fallen since, we were unable 

 to trace him, and the only satisfaction we 

 had, was to know that although the bear 

 had got ofi', it was with a ball through his 

 body. We saw enough to convince us, that 

 Colls had had a very narrow escape. R. 

 went home to the wounded man, and 

 Wilson and myself had a long day's work 

 on the mountain, over capital ground, but 

 returned empty-handed, having only seen 

 a bear and a few ^vild sheep, which we 

 could not get at. It was very late before 

 we reached the tents, having to find our 



