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come to hunt — Off to the Woods— Pair off, leaving Author to hunt alone — Thej 

 ielect their own Ground — Author finds Bears playing — Kills two, hunts on, and 

 kills three more ; making five Bears in about three hours — The Company stay 

 thrM days longer — Kill no Bears, and but little other Game 20b 



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Soea to Meadow Mountain, with his son William, to hunt Bears — Chases an enor- 

 mous Bear — Outruns the Dogs, and gets off— Finds another, and, to walk without 

 noise, takes to the Water — Bear comes within five steps, when he kills him — A 

 week later, hunts on the same Ground — Wounds a large Bear — Desperate Fight 

 with Bear and Dogs — Has to stab him seven times to save the Dog's life — Bear 

 strikes as he runs to stab him, catches his Pants, and pitches him Heels over 

 Head — Courage of Dog when nearly killed — Continues the Hunt, and kills ano- 

 ther Bear and a Wild Turkey — Camps in the Woods — Goes to the Green Glades t<; 

 make hay and hunt — Mode of Glade hunting — Feeding Stock in Glades — Bear- 

 fight with lame Dog — Fight between two Panthers in a Laurel-swamp — Seta a 

 Trap for Wolves, and catches a Bear — Fight with him, and kills him bj' stabbing 

 — Picking Chestnuts under the same Tree with a full-grown Bear — Kills him — 

 On the way home, kills another Bear and a fine Buck — In the Spring, hunts foi 

 Bears— Finds an old Bear and two Cubs — After a hard Fight, kills them all — Ed- 

 low meets him at Camp — Hunt next morning — Sees an old Bear playing — Waits 

 to see the Fun, then shoots — Bear has a hard Fight with the Dogs — Difficulty in 

 building a Barn — Hunts at Little Crossings — Kills three Deer — Camps in the 

 Woods — At night a Wolf Comes to Camp — Kills him in the morning — Catches 

 three Bears at one fall of a Trap — Kills a fine Buck the same morning — Hunts 

 with George Riley— Sees four Deer, and kills them all — Next day, a fine hunting 

 Snow — Kills six Deer — Goes out, and kills two Deer before Breakfast — Desperate 

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Hunts with Daniel McHenry — In going, kills a Deer and three Bears — Uses Du- 

 pont's Cannister- Powder — Rifle nearly kicks him over — Camps in the Snow — Fine 

 Supper of roasted Bear-meat — McHenry's Death — Goes to North Branch with hi" 

 Son, John Lynn, to hunt and also examine the Ground — Camps in thick Laurel 

 —Catastrophe — Dwelling consumed and two Grandchildren burned to death — 

 Again visits the Potomac, with his two sons, John Lynn and James Browning — 

 Gets lost in the Woods — Rough time — Has to camp out in Rain and Snow — Hair 

 eticks fast to the Pitch or Turpentine — Uncomfortable fix — Fasts three days — Is 

 Found by the Boys, and leaves for Home — Hunts with Enlow — Kills one Deer — 

 Dangerous Ford over the River — Hunts on Cherry-Tree Meadow — Finds a Pan- 

 ther's Track going into the Laurel — Treed by a Dog — Kills it — Finds the Ball in 

 the Panther's Scalp — Beats it round, and kills a large Buck with the same Ball, 

 having no others 2M 



