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the other the contents of my second barrel, which 

 took effect about the small ribs, tumbling her over 

 for the moment. She, however, soon got up again, 

 raised herself on her haunches, uttering a peculiarly 

 melancholy cry, and looked round in a most woe- 

 begone manner. This position offered me a splendid 

 shot, and I finished her career with a ball from my 

 second gun. 



Having ascertained that both were dead, Goo- 

 gooloo climbed a large tree that was near, and fastened 

 the Mulliarry's turban-cloth, like a streamer, to one 

 of the highest branches, in order to serve as a land- 

 mark for the Coolies when they came to collect the 

 game. He also cut off a claw from the right fore- 

 paw of each bear, so as to mark it as mine, a precau- 

 tion the gang always took, in consequence of an 

 individual having obtained a deer which I had un- 

 doubtedly shot at a battue some time previously, and, 

 to the intense disgust of all my people, allowed him to 

 appropriate and carry off. 



As we were leisurely returning up the water- 

 course towards the caves where B and D 



were posted, I heard a rolling of stones and a curious 

 grunting noise close behind us. I jumped on a large 

 boulder of rock, arid saw three bears making their 

 way slowly up the watercourse in the same direction 

 we were going. I immediately made signs to Goo- 

 gooloo and the Mulliarry to hide, and I crouched 



