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tlie steep slopes till we were j(»iiie(l by our native and two 

 others from a sa'ter l)elow. They were almost as deliuhted 

 as we were. i\>r I hey had siitrrn'(l iniich. AImjuI I he time 

 we got her down into the valley, there was a shout from 

 the top of the ridge above us ;ind th('r(^ were tlu^ other 

 party. They had heard tlu! shots and oui- shouts whidi 

 souiithMl to thcin hke a, wail of distress. (Jld Per had said 

 " Spring vi over tjeklet," and they must have "sprungt" 

 indeed to have accomplished ihr distance in the lime. 

 Willi their glasses they had niaih' out the l)od\- of the 

 hear in the midst of the group, and more answering whoops 

 went uti from us to assure them there was no delusion. 



A cart was sent for, and the l)ear was conveyed to the 

 farm with all the })omp and circumstance hefittiii'^ oui- 

 important victory. Then we had a grand skinning in the 

 })resence of the whole po})ulation ; I never felt myself so 

 big a man before or since. 1 was told that I must 

 immediately proceed to the nearest IiiikIshkiii or magis- 

 trate, and claim the reward, Init, as that would involve a. 

 two days' journey, and the mutilation of mv troph\- b\' 

 the extraction of two df tlie (daws. 1 i)i'et'erred to loref-o 

 the five dollars whi< h I had earned, whereat the natives 

 wondered. ( )n investigation il appeared tliat \\\\ first 

 shot wonhl have sufficed, and after Per had seen the 

 destruction whi<di it wrought, he did not again take the 

 troubh' to carr\' Ins cannon when he went with us. IJut 

 thuuiih we worke<l harder than e\ei", wc saw iiothiniJ" more 

 that year. Then we sailed back to Havncii on the island, 

 and iiearK' at<' a fimous old sportsman who was staying 

 there out of house and home, while we waite<l the coming 

 of the old Tdsso. 



