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world. Oh ! but he did want to get at rayselr or the dog. 

 But, not thinking proper to let him tear tlie eyes out of 

 ray dog, I shot him ; and after that I lost no more raea'i 

 from the camp, 



I staid here eight days ; and on the eighth day, early 

 iu the morning, having shot a doe, and wounded her badly, 

 I set my dog after her, when she ran for the river. 1 lived 

 about seven miles down the river ; and the doe, taking a 

 straight course towards my residence, ran to the stream 

 within a quarter of a mile of ray house ; where the dog 

 killed her, and went home, whither I soon followed him. 



In this hunt I killed thirteen deer, and safely secured 

 them all at the camp. 



After this, the attention which my farm and family re- 

 quired occupied all my time until the following spring, 

 which is the season for trapping bears ; and, as I had caught 

 some three or four, I had left one trap set. 



A young man by the name of Wable had been boarding 

 at my house ; and, as he was anxious to fish for trout, on 

 Saturday, two of my sons, together with Wable and ray- 

 self, started toward Muddy Creek to fish ; and in our way, 

 we had to pass near the trap which had been left set. 

 When we came near, as I proposed to examine it, we all 

 went together to the trap, and, to our great delight, found 

 a good-sized bear in it. 



All hands wanted to see some fun, and no one more than 

 Mr Wable. My one-eyed dog was with us, and lie also 

 eagerly raised his voice for sport. I concluded that the 

 bear was not worth much, and that if he should escape it 

 would be but a small loss ; so we all agreed to let him 

 come out and fight for his life. 



Wable was much pleased with this arrangement ; and 

 when all was ready, every one knew where to take his 

 stand except him. I went to the back part of the trap, 

 and took holj of the lever to raise it, when, the raoraent 



