. Il giovane Nimrod in Nord America : un libro per ragazzi . amp alla sua velocità migliore, Writh l'orso hangingto suo cappotto-code. Il colpo e le successive grida del cacciatore spaventato vagarono i suoi amici, e l'orso fu ucciso. Quando ha ottenuto il suo respiro ed è stato in grado di parlare, ha detto, vi ho detto che avrei portato il mio gioco in vita, e Ive lo ha fatto. Fu ammesso tutto intorno che aveva mantenuto la sua promessa, e sperava che lo avrebbe fatto di nuovo. Rispose che un'esperienza del genere era tutta quella che voleva, e per il futuro avrebbe seguito il vecchio piano. Mentre erano a pranzo Jack spiegò ai ragazzi alcuni

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. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . amp at his best speed, writh the bear hangingto his coat-tails. The shot and the subsequent shouts of the scared hunterhad roused his friends, and the bear was killed. When he got his breathand was able to speak, he said, I told you I would bring my game in alive, and Ive done it. It was admitted all around that he had kept his promise, and theyhoped he would do so again. He answered that one experience of thekind was all he wanted, and for the future he would follow the old plan. While they were at lunch Jack explained to the boys some of the 84 THE YOUNG NIMEODS. peculiarities of the bear, and told how hunters took advantage of them inpursuing him. One of the remarkable things about him, said Jack, is his loveof order and regularity. When he goes to and from his den to the streamwhere he drinks, he always follows the same path and puts his feet inthe same spots. When he enters a field, crosses a stream, or goes amongthe bushes where berries grow, he follows the same track, and never. •I BKING MY GAME IN ALIVE! varies from it in the least. Consequently, when a hunter knows a bearspath, he is absolutely certain that the animal will come there again andagain, provided he does not discover that it has been invaded. Hunters conceal themselves near the path of the bear, and shoothim as he is going along and not dreaming of danger. Then they setspring-guns in his way, and arrange them so that the bear will be his ownexecutioner. How do they do that? one of the boys asked. I will explain, Jack replied. To set a spring-gun requires a greatdeal of care, and a previous knowledge of the age, sex, and size of theanimal to be killed. How can they find out all that ? By observing the marks where a bear climbs a fence into a cornfield, and by measuring the size of his footprints. Two forked sticks are driveninto the ground to support the rifle, so that it will be at right anglesacross the bears path, and then some more sti

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