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had defended himself against such unequal numbers, and 

 it really seemed to me that I had committed a crime 

 against an unoffending aniraj 1. But when I turned to 

 look for my dog, and found that he was laid out on the 

 battle-ground, I felt very sorry. As he was not able to 

 rise, I helped him up, but he could not stand ; and though 

 I offered him food, he refused it. He could stand on hie 

 fore -legs, but had no use of his hind parts. I then went 

 to attend to the bear, which the other dog was still pull- 

 ing at, when the young dog commenced whining, and 

 dragging himself down towards myself and the bear, I 

 thought that the pain he felt caused him to be so uneasy, 

 but he pulled himself along until he came within reach of 

 the bear, which he laid hold of, and began to shake and 

 worry as if nothing was the matter with him. 



After I had dressed the bear, and ray dog had become 

 quiet, I took my gun and walked into the feeding ground, 

 just out of sight of the sick dog and the bear, when I saw 

 another bear moving in the opposite direction. I followed 

 after him, but the leaves were so dry that I could not gain 

 on him. After I had pursued him for some time, still 

 not being within shooting distance, he suddenly turned 

 round, and returned towards me, on his own tracks, as I 

 believe, until he came as close as I wished him to be. I 

 was prepared for him, and told him to stop, which he did, 

 when I took a fair aim at him, and fired. He ran but a 

 few steps, and fell dead. By the time I had dressed him 

 it was getting dark, when I returned to the place where 

 my first bear was, made a fire, and slept there all night. 



Some time late in the night, I was awakened by the most 

 frightful noise I ever heard in my life. It was as loud and 

 harsh as the lowing of an ox, and seemed to echo from the 

 other side of the hill on which I was camped, and the 

 whole si)ace above seemed to resound with the nojse. It 

 joutinued for twenty minutes, as near as I could judge, 



