\Vhen an Indian catches a bear in a trap, he apologizes to 
     
     the animal, and asks that vengeance shall not be taken for his death. 
     
     He promises to respect his bones, and this promise he keeps; for 
     
     Indians burn bears’ bones instead of giving them, like other bones, 
     
     to the dogs. 
     
    

    
     Bruin is often very Wily. A bear once dropped to the fire of 
     
     a hunter's rifle. Carefully reloading, the hunter advanced and 
     
     poked the animal to make sure it was not shamming. The bear 
     
     was motionless. The gun was laid down and a sheath knife drawn 
     
     to prepare Mr. Bruin for the camp bearers. just as the.hunter 
     
     grasped the forepaw the bear raised up, and a terrible struggle ensued. 
     
     A son of the hunter was commanded by the father to shoot, but the 
     
     boy was too nervous to risk a shot. Finally the hunter was worsted 
     
     and succumbed to his injuries just as the son gained command of 
     
     himself and lodged a bullet in Bruin’s head. A singular part of the 
     
     story is the positive statement that only one bullet was found in the 
     
     bear's body—and that was the son’s bullet that killed the animal at 
     
     the last. 
     
    

    
     Another story of a bear shamming has a happier ending, for 
     
     in this case the hunter reloaded and approached by stealth after 
     
     seeing Bruin drop like a stone to his rifle shot. This time the bear 
     
     ‘came to life’ too soon. He was found standing, and ready to give 
     
     battle, until a second shot really hit him and ended all shamming. 
     
    

    
     Fish stories are always in order in a fishing country; and when 
     
     that country is the best the world has to offer, the stories may pro- 
     
     perly be of fair proportions. , 
     
    

    
     On the Nepisiguit River a 45-pound salmon has been 
     
     known to leap from the water into a canoe. This 
     
     reverses the usual practice of suicides; and 
     
     perhaps it will be well to explain that as 
     
     a fish has to jump out of water [(3 com- 
     
     mit felo—de-se, the salmon in question took 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     the easiest course. 
     
    

    
     Squirrels in swimming across a river are sometimes swgllowed 
     
     by trout. As trout have often been caught weighing six pounds, this 
     
     story seems quite credible: 
     
    

    
     ()n a trouting excursion in this region so many fish were 
     
     caught that the fishermen became completely exhausted through 
     
     the incessant labor of hauling in the fish. On the homeward journey 
     
     they reached a place where large trout poked their heads out of the 
     
     water, but the fishermen had not enough energy left to throw a line. 
     
    
   
   
    
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