THE BIG GAME OF SPAIN 
Pyrenees. The Spanish name is Oso, and two races are recognized by the 
natives — the big cattle-raiding bear entitled Oso carnicero y and the smaller 
Oso hormiguero or “ ant-eater.” The wandering hunter has but the 
faintest chance of meeting with the bear in his Biscayan home. The only 
means that promises even an exiguous degree of hope is by “ driving,” and 
that, in this huge mountainous land, must be organized on a big scale. 
The venture is certainly not worth undertaking unless a bear has already 
been located — if not actually spoored to the particular hill or ravine in 
which he is then lying up for the day. The best season for this is in autumn, 
when bears are wont to descend from the higher mountain -forests in 
order to raid the ripening crops of maize in the valleys. Under such favour- 
ing circumstance, from twenty to thirty bears are annually shot by resident 
landowners in the Asturias. 
ABEL CHAPMAN. 
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