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about thirty feet long, to stop the speed
down hill. After getting out OF the wood. the
hear manifested his inclination to RETURN
The men then shifted drag ropes. and endea-
voured to force him against his will He
was disturbed by dogs; several we're wound
ed. but not badly. The bear finding him
self defeated in his object of returning, man
,fested signs of great displeasure. He snarl-
ed, rising on end, took up the trap, and press
ed on after the men who had hold OF the
rope before him: he quickly caught the
hindmost, whose name was VIM. Mann. In
stead of shaking hands with him, as you may
sometimes have seen blacks and whites, he
exercised the power of chief balih, smote
him on the back and made a prisoner OF him.
But not content with the exercise OF legiti-
mate authority, he proceeded to acts OF great
violence. He bit him through the thigh,
then quitting his hold, caught him by the
middle, and while the savage monster held
the victim trembling in his grasp, he was
released from his hold by well directed
blow upon his pate, as true as you live and
breathe, sir, from a club in the hands Of
Capt. Marston, just in time to save him from
the jaws OF destruction. On starting the
bear again, others narrowly made their es-
cape, being violently pursued for short
distance.


Mr.. Mann, though severely and somewhat
dangerously Wounded, tits hoped will speed
lily recover. The. bear was afterwards shot.
He measured7 feet in length, aud though
thin in flesh, was estimated to weigh upwards
of 400 lbs. The price of his skin is eight
dollars.