Eastern times., 1855-10-04

Bile power of her paws, by which she could
easily rip the entrails out of the largest moose,
and that once within her embrace, l knew
that would be the last of Pilot But these
considerations were mine, not his. don't be-
lieve that dogs ever have any presentiment of
the evil which is ordained for them, or else
they would be less guilty of frequent acts of
iffdiscreetness and fool-hardiness. l once saw
"a dog attack locomotive, and that Gid not
show his good sense.
had scarcely arrived on the spot before Pi-
lot, watching his opportunity, sprang forward,
and seized the other cub by the neck. and
bounded off with it toward an adjacent tree
Quick as a fash, and with most terrific
growl, the mother rushed forward to the rescue
OF her young. Anxious for the safety of Pi-
lot, and watching an opportunity, 1 took aim
the neck, just back of the ear. 1t did not,
however, impede her progress; on the contra
ry. impelled by the pain, she bounded forward
with howl of agony. Pilot was too quick
for her; for, dropping his hold of the
cub, he sprang aside, while her huge paws
and outstretched talons, driven by the impetus
which she had given her body, feIl'upon her
young with such force that one of its fore legs
was literally torn from its shoulder.
Never Shall forget the awful cry of agony
which the mother gave on beholding the awful
havoc which she had made on the body of her
offspring and then she crUuched by the side
of it, and kissed it, and moaned dreadfully, as
though beseechiug pardon for the injury which
she had unconsciouslv inflicted. 1t was pain
ful sight, even TO me, whose nerves are not
easily affected, and seldom recall the scene at
the present day without shudder. But there
was no time TO be lost. knew full well if
remained that | should be the next object of at
tack and was too proud 10 leave the ground
without bearing with me some trophy as to-
ken of my victory. or contest, at any rate
ReloadIng, therefore, my gun, as quickly as l
effect Just over The left shoulder, about four
inches higher than intended it should. This
was caused by the bear slightly changing her
position just as | pulled the trigger. The
wound however, was severe, for she instantly
turned toward me, and raising herself upon her
launches, with outstretched paws and red and
with internal bate, while her eyes cleaned
with an unnatural fury. Never in my life have
seen anything so terrible, before or since {;
and only wonder that | did not at that instant
turn and fy from the sput, but | must have
been charmed by the dreadful sight before me.
Again | loaded and fire d, and this time the ball
look ont for my own safety. The bear, rem
dered ferocious by her wounds, now made a
rush towards me !; and only had time 10 seize
my gun by the mnzzle ard deal her blow
over the head with the butt, before she was al
my feet but that blow completely dsarned
me, for the stock lay shivered to pieces on the
ground, and | only held the useless barrel in
highlands. canno: describe the sensation that
felt at that moment. Ii was the first and only
time in my life that ever knew what bodily
fear was. | know | involuntarily closed my
eyes, breathed short prayer, thought of my
mother, and perhaps of cousin Kate, just as
thought felt the hot breath of the monster in
my face. You must recolect that was boy
then, and not expected to possess the sinews
and nerves of full grown man, nurtnred in
danger. was not minute in suspense, be-
fore the bear sprang toward me, when just al
the instant her'huge paw descended upon my
shoulder, fell TO the earth. But there was a
friend coming 10 nv relief, for as l fell PiloI
leaped forward and seized the bear by the
throat. The struggle was a short one, bul
still sufficiently long for me to regain my feet
with my shattered weapon still in my hand
The contest between Bruin and the dog was o.
short duration, and terminated in his being
torn almost limb from limb. rallied TO his
assistance as quickly as possible, dealing my
most powerful blows over the head of the
beast with my gun barrel, till finally saw she
was fast becoming exhausted by the loss o
blood from the wound in her mouth. A few
more blows over the nese and eyes completely
blinded her, and as she made a last desperate
effort to seize me, l made lupge at her with
nv gun barrel, and thrust it down her throat.
Finding myself now relieved of my foe, | re-
traced my steps to the camp as well as could
where, obtaining assistance, we returned to the
scene of attack We found the old bear just
in the last throes of death, and her two Cubs
living beside her. These we soon dispatched
and with the assistance of team, soon had
them carted 10 quarters, where we had them
dressed, and the whole party that after
noon enjoyed one of the best dinners ever ale
in my life.
On examining my own condition on return.
ing to camp, found that my clothes were rent
into rags on my right side, one leg Of my pania-
looms being torn off, and my body and legs con-
siderably lacerated.
Two days after was on my return home,
and one month later was on my way to Bos-
ten, and have never been in the woods Of Maine
but once since, and then not for the purpose oi
hunting bears.