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nearly all — Mary's firmness and decision of Character— Family nearly brokec 

 up— Buys some Powder and Lead on Credit — lie desponds, but goes to the Woods 

 — Kill* three Bears in about four hours ■ Ul 



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riglts the Camp— Exciting time with WolveB— Kills one— Kills a Bear at the Hole 



— Buys fifty acres of Land, all in Forest — In the mean time, Parents and four 

 Children live in a House ten by twelve feet— Makes Sugar from the Maple— Mary 

 has a Paralytic Stroke— Gloomy prospect — House to build, Ground to be cleared, 

 »nd Mary's case pronounced hopeless— Colonel Lynn calls to see him — Through 

 his kind aid, Mary is restored to Health- Noble act of Generosity by Colonel Lynn 

 to an Knemy— Sets a Bear-Trap — Soon catches two bears — Has a severe attack of 

 Rheumatism, lasting three months — On recovering, sets off after a very large 

 Bear — After a desperate Fight, kills him — Has to camp out — Finds a Bear in the 

 Rocks — Smokes him out, and kills him — Hunts with four Hunters in the Glades 



— Makes a Bet to kill two Deer — Decoys a Deer — Kills five Deer, and wins the 

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Hunts with .Tohn and Charles Friend in the Glades — Finds a Bear in a Den — Au- 

 thor enters the Den with Candle and Rifle — Tries to coax him out— Goes in again, 

 and shoots him — Returns a third time into the Den. and kills him with another 

 shot in the Head — Finds another Bear in a Hole or Den — Enters with Candle and 

 Rifle — Shoots, and wounds the Bear— Sets his own Hair on Fire — Returns into 

 the Den, fires again, and kills the Bear — Remarks on the Danger — Has another 

 attack of Rheumatism, which lasts three months — War with England in 1812 — 

 Drafted as Sergeant — Thrown into the Ranks, and refuses to go — Reflections on 

 following bad Counsels — Captain's Commission sent to him — Visits Selby's-Port — 

 Is attacked by a Crowd, and has a desperate Fight — Is nearly killed, but comes 

 off victorious — Hunts again — In a week, kills four Deer and two Bears — Visits 

 Ohio, to view the Country — Returns, and buys more Land — Has another long 

 attack of Rheumatism — Recovers, and begins Hunting — Takes a load of Venison 

 and Bear-meat to Baltimore — Meets with his Brother Jeremiah at Newmarket, 

 whom he had not seen for thirty years — Clears $300 by the trip — Builds a 

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Takes up Land — Difficulty about Titles — Hunts on Meadow Mountain for Bears 



Kills two Bears and a Panther — Kxciting Fight with a Bear — Finds a Deer killed 

 by a Panther — Pursues, and, after a long chase, kills him, in the act of springing 

 on the Hunters — Eating Opossum for Duck— Takes a Hunt with two Companions 

 — Breaks his Rifle, but kills a Bear and a Buck with the broken Gun — Sends the 

 Meat home — Finds Track* "f four Bears — Kills three of them — Four Friends 



