My two elder sons fired into his breast: he fell
down, but being only wounded, turned furiously on us. I fired a third
shot at him, and finished him. We then hastened to load our guns again,
to be ready to receive his companion. Jack wished to use his lasso; but
I explained to him that the legs of the bear were too short and thick
for such a measure to be successful. He related to us, that having
entered the cave, he saw something moving at the bottom; he took up a
stone, and threw it with all his strength at the object; immediately he
heard a frightful growling, and saw two large beasts coming towards him;
he had barely time to escape and call for help, and then to hide himself
behind a tree. To save ourselves from the other bear, it was necessary
that we should take some prompt measures; we therefore advanced, and
formed a line
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[Transcriber's note: There are two pages unavailable for scanning (pages
284-285) from the original book. I was unable to find this exact story
in other editions.]
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the whole valley, which could not be. It was
a gentle stream, gushing from a perpendicular
rock, which reminded me of the source of the
river Orbe, in the Canton of Vaud; it issued
forth in its full width, rolling at first over a rocky
bed; then forming a graceful bend, it took its
course towards the great bay, and fell in a cascade
into the sea.
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