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was squeezing him to death. Upon this he 
discharged his piece into the body of the 
bear, which instantly dropped his prey to 
pursue Bonnaur. He escaped with difficulty, 
and the bear retreated to a thicket, where he 
was supposed to have died; but, the curiosity 
of the party not being a match for their 
fears, the fact of his death was not ascer¬ 
tained. The man who was rescued had his 
arm fractured, and was otherwise severely 
injured, but finally recovered.’ ” 
“ It is a pity they did not find out whether 
the bear was killed,” remarked Sidney. 
“ I would have gone to see, and had his 
skin, to pay for the trouble he had given 
me.” 
“Then you would have done a foolish 
thing,” replied his aunt. “The best and 
boldest hunters are very content to let him 
alone if he lets them alone, and do not fire 
at him unless it becomes necessary, or when 
they can take him at a great disadvantage, 
Sir John adds, ‘ I am told there is a man 
now living in the vicinity of Edmonton 
House, who was attacked by a grisly bear, 
which sprang out of a thicket and with 
one blow of its paw completely scalped him, 
