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Touring to escape from one of these beasts, which he had wounded as it was 
coming towards him. Dougherty, forgetful of every thing but the preser- 
vation of his friend, hastened to call off the attention of the Bear, and 
arrived in rifle-shot distance just in time to effect his generous purpose. 
He discharged his ball at the animal, and was obliged in his turn to fly ; 
ids friend, relieved from immediate danger, prepared for another attack 
by charging his rifle, with which he again wounded the Bear, and saved 
Mr. Dougherty from peril. Neither received any injury from this 
encounter, in which the Bear was at length killed. 
On another occasion, several hunters were chased by a Grizzly Bear, 
which rapidly gained upon them. A boy of the party, who could not run 
so fast as his companions, perceiving the Bear very near him, fell with his 
face towards the ground. The animal reared up on his hind feet, stood for 
a moment, and then bounded over him, impatient to catch the more distant 
fugitives. 
Mr. Dougherty, the hunter before mentioned, relates the following 
instance of the great muscular strength of the Grizzly Bear : Having- 
killed a bison, and left the carcass for the purpose of procuring assistance 
to skin and cut it up, he was very much surprised on his return to find 
that it had been dragged off whole, to a considerable distance by a Grizzly 
Bear, and was then placed in a pit which the animal had dug with his 
claws for its reception. 
The following is taken from Sir John Richardson’s Fauna Boreal i 
Americana : “ A party of voyagers, who had been employed all day in 
tracking a canoe up the Saskatchewan, had seated themselves in the bright 
light by a fire, and were busy in preparing their supper, when a large 
Grizzly Bear sprung over their canoe, that was placed behind them, and 
seizing one of the party by the shoulder, carried him off. The rest fled in 
terror, with the exception of a Metis, named Bourapo, 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 the contents of his piece into the body of the 
Bear, which instantly dropped its prey to pursue Bourapo. He escaped 
with difficulty, and the Bear ultimately retired 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 Bourapo, and can add that the 
