Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 28W. Blackwood & Sons, 1830 - Scotland |
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Page 8
... ground on these occasions , and I have heard of instances in which they have come into actual personal conflict with the bear , and conducted themselves in the most gallant manner . " Dogs are never allowed in skalls , for were they to ...
... ground on these occasions , and I have heard of instances in which they have come into actual personal conflict with the bear , and conducted themselves in the most gallant manner . " Dogs are never allowed in skalls , for were they to ...
Page 9
... ground to give him a chance of escape , he wheeled about , and in another instant he was lost in the thicket . In the interim , however , I had time , though without taking any deliberate aim , to discharge both my barrels ( a double ...
... ground to give him a chance of escape , he wheeled about , and in another instant he was lost in the thicket . In the interim , however , I had time , though without taking any deliberate aim , to discharge both my barrels ( a double ...
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... ground , he tore off the whole of his scalp , from the nape of the neck upwards , so that it merely hung to the forehead by a strip of skin . depended upon his remaining motionless , The poor fellow , who knew that his safety kept as ...
... ground , he tore off the whole of his scalp , from the nape of the neck upwards , so that it merely hung to the forehead by a strip of skin . depended upon his remaining motionless , The poor fellow , who knew that his safety kept as ...
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... ground . Beneath this the carcass of a cow or horse is de- posited , and the marksman , as soon as the shades of evening set in , for bears feed during the night , takes his station aloft , and in silence and watch fulness remains till ...
... ground . Beneath this the carcass of a cow or horse is de- posited , and the marksman , as soon as the shades of evening set in , for bears feed during the night , takes his station aloft , and in silence and watch fulness remains till ...
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... ground ; down this , in his hurry to escape , he tumbled all but headlong ; it was well he did so , for the bear , followed by two of her cubs , which were more than half as large as herself , almost at the same in- stant made her ...
... ground ; down this , in his hurry to escape , he tumbled all but headlong ; it was well he did so , for the bear , followed by two of her cubs , which were more than half as large as herself , almost at the same in- stant made her ...
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