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Al lliis place llu' bears had liccii (•(•niniilliiiL' irreat 

 ravages, and ilie (^veiling ul' oui' arrival 1 saw one — very 

 Jai'ii'onnd lU'arlx' lilai-k. He was feedinu' about six IiuihIitmI 

 yards from me on the top of a clilt". i quickly halved this 

 distance and was just counting on a first-rate chance when 

 lie disa})peared iido the tangle whidi cldllied t lie face of 

 the clilf and 1 saw him no more. 



We did not however reliirn IVoin ihat expedition 



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(|uit(^ em|)iy-lian(h'd. Ii was at lieerild lliat Geof got his 

 l)ear. When we reachrd tlie foot of ihc mountain ihr 

 peo])1e at the farm told how they had seen a hear onl}' an 

 Imnr licforc \\ C a^ain took o])])osite flanks of the same 

 ridii^e, a method wliii h I do not recommend, as one partv 

 is verv lialde lo interfere with the other by uivini;- the 

 wind, and from the dilliiidi\ of defining I he beats l)efore- 

 hand. At t'our o'clock I heard two shots and then after a 

 pause two more. M\ companion and I set off running 



