I fired a third shot at him, and finished him.

We then hastened to load our guns again, to be ready to receive his companion.

Jack wished to use his lasso; but I explained to him that the legs of the bear were too short and thick for such a measure to be successful.

He related to us, that having entered the cave, he saw something moving at the bottom; he took up a stone, and threw it with all his strength at the object; immediately he heard a frightful growling, and saw two large beasts coming towards him; he had barely time to escape and call for help, and then to hide himself behind a tree.

To save ourselves from the other bear, it was necessary that we should take some prompt measures; we therefore advanced, and formed a line * * * * * [Transcriber's note: There are two pages unavailable for scanning (pages 284-285) from the original book.