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1 increased my speed till within close gun-shot, when \ 

 fired at him a second time ; but seeing no change in his 

 speed, I loaded as I ran, in order to lose no ground, and, 

 coming still closer to him, I gave him a third shot. Still, 

 on he went ; but as I saw he was failing, I loaded again 

 as I ran, and poured in a fourth fire, which I found made 

 him stagger considerably in his gait. I then saw that one 

 of his thighs was broken. By this time he had entered a 

 small ravine, having steep banks on each side, where I 

 could run round and head him off ; in doing which, I saw 

 a large tree laying across the branch he was travelling up. 

 I went out on this log till I got about the middle of the 

 branch, where I stood, unseen by the bear, till he was 

 almost under me, when I notified him that I was there, by 

 saying, "Old fellow, you are mine at last." He stopped 

 to see what was the matter, when I took the fifth shot at 

 his head, and down he went into the water. In the twink- 

 ling of an eye I sprang from the log, knowing that I could 

 cut his throat before he recovered from the effects of the 

 shot. I seized him by the ear, and, holding his head up, 

 I slashed his neck through to the bone, and from ear to 

 car, in a couple of cuts. 



The next morning, it not being a good hunting day, I 

 got Hugh McMullen to go with me, as his sister Mary 

 could not, and help me to put the bear on the colt's back. 

 So he and I went out, loaded the colt without blinding his 

 eyes, and brought home the bear in fine style. 



In a day or two, finding the snow soft, and fine for 

 linnting purposes, I took my dogs into the woods, and 

 over the same ground ; but discovering no bear tracks, I 

 took them to the laurel swamp, and sent them in to find a 

 bear. Almost immediately, they started a very large buck, 

 which, being frightened, came dashing toward me, but as 

 he passed me I shot him, and broke his shoulder. The 

 ewi 'test dog followed after him, and into the Big Yongh 



