MAMMALIA. QT 
Baffalo, weighing about one thousand pounds. The following story is well authen- 
ticated. A party of voyagers, who had been employed all day in tracking a 
eanoe up the Saskatchewan, had seated themselves in the twilight by a fire, and 
were busy in preparing their supper, when a large Grisly Bear sprung over their 
canoe that was tilted behind them, and seizing one of the party by the shoulder 
carried him off. The rest fled in terror with the exception of a Metif, named 
Bourasso, who, grasping his gun, followed the Bear as it was retreating leisurely 
with its prey. He called to his unfortunate comrade that he was afraid of hitting 
him if he fired at the Bear, but the latter entreated him to fire immediately, without 
hesitation, as the Bear was squeezing him to death. On this he took a deliberate 
aim, and discharged his piece into the body of the Bear, which instantly dropped 
its prey to pursue Bourasso. He escaped with difficulty, and the Bear ultimately 
retreated to a thicket, where it was supposed to have died ; but the curiosity of the 
party not being a match for their fears, the fact of its decease was not ascertained. 
The man who was rescued had his arm fractured, and was otherwise severely 
bitten by the Bear, but finally recovered. I have seen Bourasso, and can add 
that the account which he gives is fully credited by the traders resident in that 
part of the country, who are best qualified to judge of its truth from their know- 
ledge of the parties. I have been told that there is a man now living in the 
neighbourhood of Kdmonton-house, who was attacked by a Grisly Bear, which 
sprung out of a thicket, and with one stroke of its paw completely scalped him, 
laying bare the scull, and bringing the skin of the forehead down over the eyes. 
Assistance coming up, the Bear made off without doing him further injury, but 
the scalp not being replaced, the poor man has lost his sight, although he thinks 
that his eyes are uninjured. 
Mr. Drummond, in his excursions over the Rocky Mountains, had frequent 
opportunities of observing the manners of the Grisly Bears, and it often happened 
that in turning the point of a rock or sharp angle of,a valley, he came suddenly 
upon one or more of them. On such occasions they reared on their hind legs and 
made a loud noise like a person breathing quick, but much harsher. He kept his 
ground without attempting to molest them, and they on their part, after attentively 
regarding him for some time, generally wheeled round and galloped off, though, 
from their known disposition, there is little doubt but he would have been torn in 
pieces had he lost his presence of mind and attempted to fly. When he dis- 
covered them from a distance, he generally frightened them away by beating on 
a large tin box, in which he carried his specimens of plants. He never saw 
more than four together, and two of these he supposes to have been cubs; he 
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