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backwards, after which, scared by the 

 bearers, it made its escape. "When the 

 wound was examined the doctor declared 

 that only the full development of the 

 chest muscles had kept the claws from 

 penetrating to the heart through the 

 thin folds of the sleeping jacket. 



But I myself shot, in some hills about 

 five miles from Chetterpur, a bear which, 

 with ample opportunity for mischief, 

 showed abject cowardice. 



In order to reduce the number of 

 these beasts I one evening had a tent 

 pitched near the hills, and went there 

 with two companions to dine and sleep 

 in order that before daylight we might 

 get between, the bears and their retreats, 

 and intercept them as they left the gar- 

 dens. We only fell in with one bear, 



