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Title: Bruin : the grand bear hunt
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Reid, Mayne, 1818-1883 Zwecker, Johann Baptist, 1814-1876 Dalziel Brothers
Subjects: Bears Voyages around the world Hunting Adventure and adventurers Natural history Brothers Animal welfare
Publisher: Boston, (Mass.) : Ticknor and Fields
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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HAND TO HAND. 65 Tn brief time Alexis —who at loading was quick as atirailleur — had recharged his piece, and was now hasten-ing up J,o the rescue. Without going quite close he dared not fire : for, in theway that man and bear were dancing about, there wouldbe as much dano-er of kiUinoj the one as the other. All at once, however, they appeared to separate. Pouch-skin had torn himself out of the beai^s clutches, and, evi-dently disinclined to a renewal of the embrace, was re-treating backward, over the snow, still hotly pursued bythe animal. At this moment Alexis would have fired; but, unfortu-nately, the direction in which Pouchskin was going kepthis body nearly in a Hne with that of the animal; andAlexis could not fire without danger of hitting hira. The chase led across the ravine, and of course overthe bed of snow. The pursued was doing his best to es-cape. But the pursuer had the advantage — for wliilethe man was breaking through at every step, the broad-pawed quadruped glid

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