298 FORTT-FOUR YEARS OF 



By this time, we heard the dog fighting the bear, and 

 ran at the top of our speed to assist him. I was the first 

 one there, and found the dog on the bear's back, in deep 

 water. The dog had a firm grip of his head, and had so 

 strangled him that he held him easily. I killed the bear 

 with my knife ; but Wable kept at a safe distance till all 

 was over. 



