Paddling under Palmettos — page 174: what you’re looking at

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Paddling Under Palmettos. 167 the bushes at a point where he can command a view of the shore. A moonlight night is taken if possible, although a reflection lantern may be used to advantage on a dark night. Presently along comes the bear, on the lookout for his supper. Instead he receives a deadly shot from the bushes. More than once, only wounded, he has been known to rush forward on his prey, and a deadly struggle ensue on the beach. _It is a novel method of ambushing bears, and like success in all a woodsman’s craft could only have been discovered by a close study of the animal’s pe- culiar ways. The season of the year was not propitious for such work, but perhaps by the time they made the west coast it might be tried. Archie was determined to take a bearskin home with him, however, in case the opportunity offered. They arrived at camp before sundown, and now awaited a west wind and clear sky ere attempting the dangerous outside run. Gomichboo S)