The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-02-18
reception, had not long to wait before


a large she bear, followed by "a couple OF
quarter grown cubs, came shufflng down
toward me and growing Indignantly as
they came on. They caught sight OF me
at once and the old lady halted to try
and make out what a sahib in an enor-
nous hat meant by sitting, on a char
poy' in such place and atsuch time
Now was the lucky momentl llsent a
shell slap into her massive chest as she
sat fronting me about thirty PAGES OIL,
and down she dropped howling and
tearing up the ground. "That finishes
you," thought, and turned my second
barrel against cub No Il he died without
a struggle, making only a feeble snort as
he received the shell. twas not all over,
however, with the old mother, for hav-
ing partially recovered from the first
shock, and thinking perhaps that the in
nocent cub No. 2, who was gazing about
him in astonishment, was to blame, she
attacked him in great wrath; he defend
ed himself Vigorously, and the two made
a tremendous din. This gave me time
to slip two more cartridges into my rife,
which fired into the struggling mass OF
black hair, and was pleased to see that
the old bear was completely knocked out
of time, and stretched motionless on the
ground. The cub prepared to beat a
retreat but two bullets from my gun pre-
vented him carrying out this seksible in
tention, and laid him beside his brother
BY this time the beaters were getting
near, and were making an awful din a
little to my right front Cries of "Bal-
loo, baIloo, =" informed me that another
bear was up, and in about half minute
fine black bear came lolloping along
through the bushes. had just time to
fire quick shot at him as he passed. he
took it silently, though | was positive
had hit him. and sure enough he had got
it hot, for he collapsed stone dead after
going about a dozen PAGES. We found
afterwards that the shell had struck him
in the throat, pretty good reason for
his not crying out, and in bursting had
destroyed most of the arteries, and so
caused his sudden death. He was fine
male, and very probably was the same
old Bruin who had devoured the native
woman.
N. now commenced firing from his
place, and three shots in rapid success
sion showed that | was not having all
the fun to myself, and was glad to think
that he, perhaps, had also done well,
My own fun, however, was not quite
over for just as the drive came to an
end, and was preparing to go and have
a look at my victims, another large bear
who had been lying close, cantered past
me to my left, taking shot from me
with roar; but still holding on his
course, he was lost in the covert i'm
mediately. Before had recovered from
the vexation ofhaving been unprepared
for him, hyaena, followed the same
tack and got hind leg smashed by my
second barrel; but he too went on, and
though we followed both some distance,
we never recovered either. There were,
however, four dead bears lying around
my position, and with considerable
amount of exultation | proceeded to eX-
anime the slain, and then start the bod
les to the camp-a pretty weighty trans
acton in the case of the old male.
N. came up and was loud in his con-
gratulations; he had got a pig out of a
"sounder" that had passed him, and had
seen herd of 'cheetal" (spotted deer
at distance too great for shot
Evening began to draw in, and wehad
to give up all hopes, for that day, atleast,
of getting either wounded bear or hyaena
and so voting the latter NANCY beast,
which no doubt he was, we sent back
for our ponies and took the way to our
tents to superintend the stripping of the
bearso of their beautiful skins.
81 shall not get in such hot corner
as that again in a hurry" was my
thought, as slipped from my saddle to
the ground in front oi our mango-shaded
teni, and shouted for "a peg"-that best
of all drinks for the weary sportsman in
India.
The skins being off and pegged down,
work for that day was over, and after a
dinner in the open air, followed by the
soothing cheroot, we threw ourselves on.
our camp beds under the starlight sky,
with the hope that many more such days
might be our lotin this lane of f"Shikar."
A, H.