XI 
THE BEAR 
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There are two other varieties of bears in the 
continent of India, the black (Ursus Thibetanus) 
and the brown, both of which are confined to 
Cashmere and the Himalayah range. I have had 
no personal experience of these animals, therefore 
I do not presume to offer myself as an authority ; 
but from the accounts I have received from those 
who have hunted them successfully, they are much 
the same in their habits as the average of their 
species. 
The dangerous character of bears, in like 
manner with all other animals, was accredited at 
a time when breechloaders and high velocities 
were unknown, but with a *577 rifle and 6 drams 
of powder, or a No. 12 spherical and 7 drams of 
powder, I cannot conceive the possibility of escape 
for any bear or other creature below the standard 
of a buffalo, if the hunter is a cool and steady shot. 
The conditions of this theory will include a solid 
bullet, not a hollow projectile dignified by the 
term “ Express.” 
I will conclude this notice of the bear with an 
example of the failure of the hollow bullet, *577 
Express, fired by a native gentleman, Zahur al 
Islam, when shooting with me in the reserves of 
Singrampur in the Central Provinces last winter. 
We were driving for any kind of animals 
that the jungle might produce, and, being on 
foot, we constructed the usual little hiding-place 
by cutting half through a sapling about 3 feet 
from the root, and bearing down upon the young 
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