. The falls of Niagara . um —Table and Termination Rocks — Burning Spring — Lundys Lane —Battle Anecdotes. SOON after the War of 1812, a fisherman — whosename we will call Fisher — on a certain day wentout upon the river, about three miles above the Fall ;and while anchored and fishing from his canoe, he saw abear in the water making, very leisurely, for Navy understanding thoroughly the nature and habits ofthe animal, thinking he would be a capital prize, andhaving a spear in the canoe, he hoisted anchor andstarted in pursuit. As the canoe drew near, the bearturned to pay his respe
. The falls of Niagara . um —Table and Termination Rocks — Burning Spring — Lundys Lane —Battle Anecdotes. SOON after the War of 1812, a fisherman — whosename we will call Fisher — on a certain day wentout upon the river, about three miles above the Fall ;and while anchored and fishing from his canoe, he saw abear in the water making, very leisurely, for Navy understanding thoroughly the nature and habits ofthe animal, thinking he would be a capital prize, andhaving a spear in the canoe, he hoisted anchor andstarted in pursuit. As the canoe drew near, the bearturned to pay his respects to its occupant. Fisher, withhis spear, made a desperate thrust at him. Quickerand more deftly than the most expert fencer could havedone it, the quadruped parried the blow, and, disarming hisassailant, knocked the spear more than ten feet from thecanoe. Fisher then seized a paddle and belabored thebear over his head and on his paws, as he placed thelatter on the side of the canoe and drew himself in. The. LOCAL HISTORY AND INCIDENTS. 97 now frightened fisherman, not knowing how to swim, wasin a most uncomfortable predicament. He felt greatlyrelieved, therefore, when the animal deliberately sat him-self down, facing him, in the bow of the canoe. Resolvingin his own mind that he would generously resign thewhole canoe to the creature as soon as he should reachtlie land, he raised his paddle and began to pull vigor-ously shoreward, especially as the rapids lay justbelow him, and the Falls were roaring most omi-nously. Much to his surprise, as soon as he began to paddleBruin began to growl, and, as he repeated his stroke, theoccupant of the bow raised his note of disapproval anoctave higher, and at the same time made a motion asif he would attack him. Fisher had no desire to culti-vate a closer intimacy, and so stopped paddling. Bruin serenely contemplated the landscape in the direc-tion of the island. Fisher was also intensely interested inthe same scene, and still
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