It was about two hours before night when, our guide being something before us, and not just in sight, out rushed three monstrous wolves, and after them a bear, from a hollow way adjoining to a thick wood; two of the wolves made at the guide, and had he been far before us, he would have been devoured before we could have helped him; one of them fastened upon his horse, and the other attacked the man with such violence, that he had not time, or presence of mind enough, to draw his pistol, but hallooed and cried out to us most lustily.
Deux heures environ avant la nuit, notre guide était devant nous à quelque distance et hors de notre vue, quand soudain trois loups monstrueux, suivis d'un ours, s'élancèrent d'un chemin creux joignant un bois épais. Deux des loups se jetèrent sur le guide; et, s'il s'était trouvé, seulement éloigné d'un demi-mille, il aurait été à coup sûr dévoré avant que nous eussions pu le secourir.