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]»nt at tliat tinu' one heard almostdaiK- of siniif I'aid wliich 

 llie\' had altriiijilcd, ov ))cr]>('l rated ii]i(»ii the Hocks. The 

 shepherds took groat ]iaiu,s to I'okl their goats in (h'teiisiKK.- 

 ]iositioiis, and kept up a rre(|ncnt fiisila(h' during the night 

 to scare the eneiiiv. Their siTeat sheei)-(k)gs, wliieh are as 

 hivge as St. Bernanls hut pui-e wlilte, witli l)!aek muz/Jes, 



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were said to have t're(pieni encounters with tlie depredators. 

 I ha\'e seen (higs who had Iteeii hadlx' scivit che(h and with 

 all ol them the etleeL fur the lime upon their temper 

 towards easual strangei's was vei-v mai-l<ed. so tliat it was 

 e\-eii dangerous to a[ipi'o;ich <aie of ilie>e c-mips ;done, and 

 wit hout a stout sti(dv. 



The (.nly way to hunt hears in these forests, is to pro- 

 ceed as for the ihex, and to driv(^ them. A favourite beat 



