. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. THK I': UhMi. 239 after lie li!i(l doiie so. Tliey both lay down behind dilFer- ent piles of diit't-wood. Wlit-n the Bear apjiroached, the boy got fliiiried, tired, and missed. The lath-.' then tired hurriedly, and also missed. Before he could reload, tiie Bear knocked him down, seized him 1 y the foot, and dragged liim a few yards, but witlumt hu
. The Big game of North America [microform] : its habits, habitat, haunts, and characteristics : how, when, and where to hunt it. Hunting; Hunting; Big game hunting; Big game hunting; Chasse; Chasse; Chasse au gros gibier; Chasse au gros gibier. THK I': UhMi. 239 after lie li!i(l doiie so. Tliey both lay down behind dilFer- ent piles of diit't-wood. Wlit-n the Bear apjiroached, the boy got fliiiried, tired, and missed. The lath-.' then tired hurriedly, and also missed. Before he could reload, tiie Bear knocked him down, seized him 1 y the foot, and dragged liim a few yards, but witlumt hurling him. The old man kept still, and pretended to be dead, till the Bear had gone a sufficient distance to allow him to reload his gun before it could return. As in the preceding case, the Bear, seein<': the man get up, turned back; but the Indian was prepared, and shot him dead. " After which," said he, " I gave my son a sound thrashing for not doing as I told ; Yeiy few Bear-skins are obtained fiom the Eskimos, as they cut up nearly all they get, and use them for piuls to enable them to hunt Seals more successfulb'- on the ice. The Eskimo approaches the Seal, crawling, imitating its exact movements and its cry. As he is liable to slip on the smooth h'e when dragging himself along, he prevents This by sewing a piece of Bear-skin to his clothing, over his shoulder, arm, and hij). The liair of the Bear-skin sticks to the ice, and by its aid the hunter can move much more regularly, and can apjiroach close enough to shoot the Seal dead; while, If compelled to shoot from a greater distance, he would be liable to si isply wountl it, when it would dive into its hole and escape. The Eskimos have a superstition that if a "Wliite Bear kills o"e of their number, the dead man's relatives must turn out, follow, and kill the Bear; otherwise he is sure *o kill someone else. A case of this double killing raroiy hapi)ens: yec there are several stories of
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