The horse wheeled and ran. Although the hunter 

 urged the horse to its utmost, the bear was almost 

 upon them when his dogs rushed in and distracted 

 her. 



Hunters claim that if a man feign death when 

 knocked down by a grizzly he is not likely to be in- 

 jured. James Capen Adams appears to have saved 

 himself a number of times by this method. I have 

 not had occasion to try the experiment. 

 ; An old bear-hunter told me that he once saved 

 himself from what seemed to be certain death, in 

 a most unusual manner. A grizzly knocked him 

 sprawling, then leaped upon him to chew him up. 

 In falling, however, the hunter had grabbed up a 

 stone. With this he struck the bear a smashing 

 blow on the tip of his nose as the bear landed upon 

 him. The bear backed off with a roar of pain. This 

 gave the hunter opportunity to seize his rifle and 

 fire a fatal shot. 



Three or four men who have been severely bitten 

 and shaken by grizzlies have testified that they felt 

 no pain at the time from these injuries. I cannot 

 account for this. Livingstone, the African explorer, 

 also states that he felt no pain when a lion was 

 .chewing him. 



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