They kept together in troops ; of the three bears shot that one was a female, from which we

Amsterdam,tent,threebearscamedownuponthem, whereupontheyimmediatelytookaim;but,astheguns

themcouldbedischarged.To-dayIresolvedtogo acrosswithmythings,inordertolookaftereverything. Igaveourthreecomradesse!>mebrandytorefreshthem-

selves;but,asmyconstitutioncouldnotstandthesmoke

ofthestove,Ireturnedtoourhutinordertoavoidan

accident.To-nightwesawthreebearsoutsideourtent,

andtwoofustookaim;butthegunmissedfireasbefore,

andwecapturednone.Wefoundthatwhenweplaced thegunsintheoven,loaded,theironthawedverytnuch,

sothatthepowdergotwet,andthewaterranoutat thevent-hole.We,therefore,afterwardsplacedthem thereunloaded,andletthemdry.