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Meets Mary at Uncle's — Accompanies her nearly home, with a dozen fine Trout 

 and some Venison — Fear of her Father — Removed near the McMuUens — Goes 

 Hunting, and kills a Panther, measuring eleven feet three inches— .Marries Mary 

 at eighteen, in the year 1799 — Roughly treated by her Father — Actually turned 

 out of doors — Mary's noble conduct and Christian spirit — Affecting Incidents — 

 Poverty in setting out in life — Succeeds in shooting a Wild Turkey and trapping 

 a Bear, their first Meat 67 



CHAPTER IV. 



Sells his Rifle to procure a Cow — Procures another, and takes a Bear Hunt — Kills 

 one after a desperate Fight, and stabbing him several times — Author and Mary 

 go for Chestnuts — Dogs start a Bear — Whipped by Dogs, and is shot in a Tree — 

 Hunting for a Colt, finds a very large Bear Track — Pursues him and kills him 



— Another Hunt — Kills a fine Bear after an exciting Chase — Kills a large Buck 



— Another Hunt, and kills two Bucks — Takes a Hunt on Negro Mountain — 

 Kills a small Buck and a Bear — Hunting Season ended — In February took the 

 Dogs to have a Fox Chase — Finds a Wolf Track — Pursues and kills him — Scalp 

 worth eight dollars premium — False Claimant for his little Property — But, 

 fearing a law-suit, gives it up — Removes to the Glades — Settles in un old Cabin, 

 partly torn down by Hunters — Finds a Rattlesnake in the House — Another 

 found near the House — Mary goes for Water to the Spring, and starts five 

 Wolves — Beautiful Appearance of the Glades — Watches a Deer lick — But kills 

 a Bear — Repairs Cabin — Mary and Sister Jane go Trout fishing — Kills a Bear 

 on the Way — Serious Accident — Col. John l.,ynn — His noble Character — Wm. 

 Hoye and James Drane, kind neighbors — Goes Hunting and kills two Deer 

 before Breakfast — Hunts again, and is lost in the Woods — Made a fire, and laid 

 between two Logs — Snowing and hailing all Night — Kills a Bear next morning 



— Joke about a deviled Turkey — Starts for Camp to hunt — Kills a Bear, but 

 had to sleep in the Woods — Hunts with Hugh McMuUen — Dogs tree a Bear — 

 Comes down the Tree, and is killed with the Knife while fighting the Dogs — 

 One of the Dogs crippled — Kills nine Wild Turkeys in an hour or two — Finds 

 Game in the Rocks, supposed a Bear — Sends Dog in the Den, and out bounds a 

 Panther — Threatens an attack, but is killed — Next day kills a fine Buck — Goes 

 after Coons, but starts a Bear and kills him — Ran a Bear near to Col. Lynn's, 

 and killed him in presence of Gen. Lee, a Revolutionary Officer — Kills a Buck 

 asleep — Mode of packing Bear on a Horse — Desperate Fight with Bear and Cubs 



— Killed two — Same Hunt killed two more — Wolf kills a Heifer — Kills the 

 Wolf — Scalp and Skin worth two Calves — Kills a Bear on a Hog — Hunts on a 

 Wager — Killed three Bears, one Back, and two Turkeys _ 89 



CHAPTER V. 



I>e8perate Fight with a Bear in a Den — Kills him — Measures six inches of clear 

 Fat — Dog badly wounded — Went after Turkeys, but killed a Bear — Van Sickle's 

 ludicrous Turkey Race — Kills an old Bear and three Cubs — Kills another Bear 

 on a Hon, in si^ht of his Cabin — Sell.s his Property to Dr. Brooke, and loaw 



