Camp-fire musings : life and good times in the woods . lts. But Grandmatook in the situation. She said that it was too noisya bear fight to be a real one, beside the growls andsnarls they heard sounded kind of familiar to her. (Eamp-^tre ITTusings She had heard the same kind of noises when the girlsironed the buttons off Grandpas shirts, or brought inbad coffee for breakfast. Charley had a terrifying story to tell of the fight. When we got there, according to his report, wesaw the bear going off through the brush. He had apony under each arm, the cow in his mouth, and his know if bears could s
Camp-fire musings : life and good times in the woods . lts. But Grandmatook in the situation. She said that it was too noisya bear fight to be a real one, beside the growls andsnarls they heard sounded kind of familiar to her. (Eamp-^tre ITTusings She had heard the same kind of noises when the girlsironed the buttons off Grandpas shirts, or brought inbad coffee for breakfast. Charley had a terrifying story to tell of the fight. When we got there, according to his report, wesaw the bear going off through the brush. He had apony under each arm, the cow in his mouth, and his know if bears could swim. What is the best way to fight a bear. Grandpa? I explained how to do it. When you see a bear inthe woods shoot at him, and keep on shooting. Butif you dont down him, throw down your gun, drawyour knife, and back up against a small tree, aboutthe size of an ordinary jack-pine, six inches to a footin diameter, and hold both hands above your the flat side of your knife toward you with theedge to the left. The bear will rush up to you and,. tail twisted around abunch of chickens. Whathe was mad about wasbecause the girls got awayfrom him in the boats; helikes girls, and especiallyhas a sweet tooth forblondes, and so on, everynew incident of the battlemore wonderful than thelast. Then we told bear sto-ries till the boys and girlspeered out among thedark pines^ and wanted to Bear-0rtf?o6oxy 169 when within reach, he will stand on his back feet,and throw his arms around you. What he intends todo is to thrust his claws into your back, and with ahug break your back and crush you. But instead ofpiercing your back, his claws will come against thetree. Now is your time. Grab his nose with yourleft hand, and strike with your knife as hard and asrapidly as possible. You see by holding up yourhands they will both be free. Now, if the edge ofyour knife were toward you, his ribs would protecthis vitals, but in the three to five blows you can giveyou are almost certain to go betwe
Size: 1370px × 1825px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectnaturalhistory, booky
