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large Bear in a Trap, killed by another Bear after a desperate battle — Hunts on 

 Deep Creek— Kills two Deer — Goes to Little Crossings — Kills a Buck — Packs th« 

 Saddle with the Turkeys killed on the way — Travels some ten to twelve miles — 

 Load weighs eighty-seven pounds — Hunts at " Milk and Honey " with two neigh- 

 bors — Kills three Deer — Abandons the hunt, on account of Rattlesnakes 

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CHAPTER XIV. 



Mary thrown from a Horse— Seriously injured — Causes her Death — Distress and 

 despondency — Time assuages grief — After months, goes to the Hunting-Qrounds 

 as a relief, and to procure Meat — Kills a large Bear, hand to hand, with the Kuifa 

 — Kills two Deer — Is appointed Assessor for Allegany County — Meets with Mrs. 

 Smith, a Widow — After long delay, and great opposition, marries her — She 

 proves a good and affectionate Wife — Watches a Deer-Lick with his Son — Kills 

 two Deer — Hunts Wolves— Kills six — Scalps worth $105— Watches another Lick 

 with his Son, M. A. Browning — Buck-Ague — Kills a Deer — Last Deer killed by the 

 Author — Wife stricken with Palsy — Survives until September, 1857 342 



CHAPTER XV. 



Describes the Glades — Herding, and bad effects on Grass and Game — Early Settlers 

 — Mode of living — Hospitality of the Hunters — Voting — Story of Mr. Steward- 

 Describes the wild Animals of the Mountains — Bears, Wolves, and Panthers — 

 Rattlesnakes — Can charm Birds — Horse bitten by one — Dies in great agony — 

 Are killed by their own Bite — Experiment with one — One skinned alive — Attacks 

 a Rattlesnake on Yough. River — It fights on Water as well as on Land — Hangs 

 one — Kills eighty-four at a Den — Their Faugs and Poison — Remedies for the Bite 

 — Mode of training Hunting-Dogs — Trout-Fishing, Baits, etc 361 



CHAPTER XVI. 



SI xle of trapping Bears, Wolves, Panthers, and Otters — Describes a Bvar-trap, 

 or Pen — Shooting Deer by Fire-Light — Shooting Deer at a Litk — Making 

 an artificial Lick — Natural History of the Deer — A general Description of A1I»' 

 g&ny County — The Mountains — Rivers— Soil — Productions— Climate — Timber— 

 Ooal — Iron-ore -Water-power » 887 



