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me to come up to within eight or ten yards, 

 when I rolled him over with a couple of charges of 

 No. 6 shot. In some parts of Canada a reward 

 of $3 is given by the Government for each bear 

 killed ; but this incentive is not needed. There 

 is a gun in every settler's house in Canada, and 

 a young fellow who is only too glad of the 

 chance of using it. Where bears have killed 

 sheep they invariably return to the carcases on 

 the following night, when they often fall victims 

 to their love of the injured settler's mutton." 



I remember one night joining a party to watch 

 near the carcase of a calf that had been killed 

 by a bear. This was in the neighbourhood 

 of Lake Kepeewa. After a breathless silence of 

 two hours we heard stealthy footsteps approaching 

 and several dark forms appeared. Soon the din 

 and confusion became unbearable, so by mutual 

 agreement we all fired together. There was a 

 rush and scamper, and when we approached the 

 spot we found a large dead wolf. 



A cross-bred bulldog-bloodhound will fear- 

 lessly attack a bear, and a colley-hound lurcher 

 is excellent for deer. Americans prefer pointers 

 to setters for grouse and partridge ; personally, I 

 have generally hunted with a small well-trained 



