BEAR-SHOOTING 
IN 
TRANSYLVANIA. 
AUTUMN 1882. 
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On the 21st of September our small party of sportsmen 
arrived at the castle, situated near the village of Gorgény 
St. Imre, but there found unfortunately that the weather was 
still like summer, the heat great, and the trees and bushes yet 
green and in full leaf, a state of matters that appeared to 
indicate that it was rather too early for bear-shooting. We 
determined, however, to begin on the 22nd, for the trackers 
had found the traces of two or three bears in the neighbourhood 
of the fields and villages. 
It rained in torrents, the ground was very sodden, and the 
thickets of the lower woods, besides being almost impenetrable, 
were dripping wet. Consequently the beaters drove very 
badly, and possibly a bear may have remained lying quite 
undisturbed in the first beat, which was especially thick. 
Three covers were tried one after another, but all with the 
same negative results, the tracks of two small bears on the 
paths being all that saw seen during the day. 
