. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across lf the bears in the Empire. AVhen the ground is reached tlie locality of the bear is pointed out,and the Emperor rides fearlessly to the spot. He is accompanied by hisstaff and guests, if he happens to have any Royal or Imperial visitors at 222 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. the time ; but unless the guests are invited to do the shooting, the honor ofkilling the beast is reserved for the Emperor. Exceptions are made incase the be
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across lf the bears in the Empire. AVhen the ground is reached tlie locality of the bear is pointed out,and the Emperor rides fearlessly to the spot. He is accompanied by hisstaff and guests, if he happens to have any Royal or Imperial visitors at 222 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. the time ; but unless the guests are invited to do the shooting, the honor ofkilling the beast is reserved for the Emperor. Exceptions are made incase the bear should endanger the life of his Majesty, which sometimeshappens. Bears have little sense of Imperial dignity, and a Czar is of nomore consequence to an untamed bruin than is the most ordinary gentleman who was stopping on an estate in the interior of Rus-sia, said Doctor Bronson, • happened to be a witness of an Imperial bear-hunt several years ago, and told me about it. lie said not less than fivehundred Cossacks and peasants were employed in watching the bear, tokeep him from straying, and the brute had become so accustomed to their. WOLF ATTACKING ITS HUNTERS. presence that he stood quite still when approached by the Emperor, sothat the latter delivered his shot at a distance of not more than a dozenyards. The animal was killed instantly, the ball penetrating his foreheadand crashing through his brain. After the hunt the party rode to the house of the owner of the es-tate where the bear had been found, and enjoyed a hearty supper, and af-ter the supper they returned to the capital. The body of the slain animalwas dressed for transportation to St. Petersburg, where it was to be servedup at the Imperial table. BEAES DRIVEN TO MARKET. 223 I have heard of bears that did not run at the sight of man, but some-times came altogether too near to be agreeable. One day a man who layasleep on the ground was awakened by a bear licking his face. He sat upand was much terrif
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