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down the precipice : it naturally pulls the 
^^ittial after it, and he is of course killed hy 
fall. Should this, however, chance not to 
^ the case, he drags the block up again and 
f^peats his eflPorts to disengage himself, with 
^^^^reasing fury, till he sinks exhausted to the 
^''ound, or terminates his life by a decisive 
plunge. 
^ Another mode of destroying the bear in 
^'^ssia is founded on his well-known partiality 
honey. The wild bees there make their 
^l^odes in hollow trees. To a tree of this 
*Ud the people hang a heavy log of wood tied 
the end of a long rope. When the un- 
.'''ieldly creature climbs up to get at the hive, 
finds himself interrupted by this log ; he 
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®ves it away, and immediately attempts to 
it ; but, returning, it hits him such a 
that in a rage he flings it from him 
''^th still greater force, which makes it return 
''ith increased violence upon himself : and 
