. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Bruin's weakness is for pork, and to obtain it he will run any risk. When the farmers, after suffering severe losses at liis hands, become unusually alert, he retinis to the depths of the forest and nl K solaces himself with a caril )ou, or (leer. youni,'' moose, â Id e s(-iuom or never. attacks a full-^'^rown moose, but traces of d(;sperate encounters, in which the cow-moos(.' has battled for hci (JffsprinJ,^ an; fre(
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Bruin's weakness is for pork, and to obtain it he will run any risk. When the farmers, after suffering severe losses at liis hands, become unusually alert, he retinis to the depths of the forest and nl K solaces himself with a caril )ou, or (leer. youni,'' moose, â Id e s(-iuom or never. attacks a full-^'^rown moose, but traces of d(;sperate encounters, in which the cow-moos(.' has battled for hci (JffsprinJ,^ an; fre(|U(:nlly nul with in the woods. 'I'he av(;rajfe value of a bear, includinjr the liouiuy, is twenty dollars. This being the case, it may appear sur- prising that larger numbers are not taken. Hut the black bear com- bines extreme cunning with great sagacity, and ever\- \ear he seems lo Ik; g(;tting more on his guard, and suspicious of all devi(:(;s in- tended fr)r his ca|jtur(;. Large, full-grown animals an; s(;ldom killed. .\ black bear skin, taki;n at the prcjper season, is not <;.\celled by any other kind of fur. If prop- erly dressed, it possesses great softness and a gloss p(;cidiar to itself The fur is highly <;ste(;med in luiro])c, when: it is used for sl(;igh and carriage robes and coat linings and trimmings. It is also in much re(|nest in I'.ngland and (jlher jiarts of Muropc, for th(; shak<js of certain infantry regiments and die; housings and trappings ofcavalr}'. In lh<; autumn of 1H79, in the R(;d Rock district. Province of New lirunswick, eiglU(;e-n b(;ars w(;re killed, only two cjf which had arri\<;d al nialurit\-; souk; of them wen; only yearlings. ()nl\ ten or lw(;lv(; setll<:rs and tlK;ir famili(;s inhabit tli(; district, and during that \ear sevenly-thr(;t; h(;ad of stock, incliiding slie(;|), hogs, and horned cattle, wen; destroyed by bears. This dis trict, situated on the extn;m(; ou'skirts of civilization, is the b(;ar's |)ara(ii:,e.
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