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couple of rifle-balls. She staggered in front of her 
voung one, faced us in deathlike defiance, and only 
sank when pierced hy six more bullets. 
“We found nine balls in skinning her body. She 
was of medium size, very lean, and without a particle 
of food in her stomach. Hunger must have caused her 
boldness. The net weight of the cleansed carcass was 
three hundred pounds; that of the entire animal, six 
hundred and fifty; her length, but seven feet eight 
inches. 
“Bears in this lean condition are much the most 
palatable food. The impregnation of fatty oil through 
the cellular tissue makes a well-fed bear nearly uneat¬ 
able. The flesh of a famished beast, although less 
nutritious as a fuel diet, is rather sweet and tender 
than otherwise. 
“The little cub is larger than the adjective implies. 
She was taller than a dog, and weighs one hundred 
and fourteen pounds. Like Morton’s bear in Kennedy’s 
Channel, she sprang upon the corpse of her mother, 
and raised a woful lamentation over her wounds. She 
repelled my efforts to noose her with great ferocity; 
but at last, completely muzzled with a line fastened by 
a running knot between her jaws and the back of her 
head, she moved off to the brig amid the clamor of 
the dogs. We have her now chained alongside, but 
snarling and snapping constantly, evidently suffering 
from her wound. 
“Of the eight dogs who took part in this passage of 
arms, only one— ‘Sneak,’ as the men call him, ‘Young 
