— Recovers, and begins Hunting — Takes a load of Venison and Bear-meat to Baltimore — Meets with his Brother Jeremiah at Newmarket, whom he had not seen for thirty years — Clears $300 by the trip — Builds a Mill………………………………………………………………………………………………….
CHAPTER VIII.
Takes up Land — Difficulty about Titles — Hunts on Meadow Mountain for Bears Kills two Bears and a Panther — Exciting Fight with a Bear — Finds a Deer killed by a panther — Pursues, and, after a long chase, kills him, in the act of springing the hunters — Eating Opossum for Duck— Takes a Hunt with two Companions — Breaks his Rifle, but kills a Bear and a Buck with the broken Gun — Sends the Meat home — Finds Tracks of four Bears — Kills three of them — Four Friends
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come to hunt — Off to the Woods— Pair off, leaving Author to hunt alone — They select their own Ground — Author finds Bears playing — Kills two, hunts on, and kills three more ; making five Bears in about three hours — The Company stay three days longer — Kill no Bears, and but little other Game……………………………
CHAPTER IX.
Goes to Meadow Mountain, with his son William, to hunt Bears — Chases an enor- mous Bear — Outruns the Dogs, and gets off— Finds another, and, to walk without noise, takes to the Water — Bear comes within five steps, when he kills him — A week later, hunts on the same Ground — Wounds a large Bear — Desperate Fight with Bear and Dogs — Has to stab him seven times to save the Dog's life — Bear strikes as he runs to stab him, catches his Pants, and pitches him Heels over Head — Courage of Dog when nearly killed — Continues the Hunt, and kills ano- ther Bear and a Wild Turkey — Camps in the Woods — Goes to the Green Glades to; make hay and hunt — Mode of Glade hunting — Feeding Stock in Glades — Bear- fight with lame Dog — Fight between two Panthers in a Laurel-swamp — Seta a Trap for Wolves, and catches a Bear — Fight with him, and kills him by' stabbing — Picking Chestnuts under the same Tree with a full-grown Bear — Kills him — On the way home, kills another Bear and a fine Buck — In the Spring, hunts for Bears— Finds an old Bear and two Cubs — After a hard Fight, kills them all — Ed- low meets him at Camp — Hunt next morning — Sees an old Bear playing — Waits to see the Fun, then shoots — Bear has a hard Fight with the Dogs — Difficulty in building a Barn — Hunts at Little Crossings — Kills three Deer — Camps in the Woods — At night a Wolf Comes to Camp — Kills him in the morning — Catches three Bears at one fall of a Trap — Kills a fine Buck the same morning — Hunts with George Riley— Sees four Deer, and kills them all — Next day, a fine hunting Snow — Kills six Deer — Goes out, and kills two Deer before Breakfast — Desperate Fight with a wounded Buck in Yough. River ………………………..………………….…...
CHAPTER X.
Hunts with Daniel McHenry — In going, kills a Deer and three Bears — Uses Du- pont's Cannister- Powder — Rifle nearly kicks him over — Camps in the Snow — Fine Supper of roasted Bear-meat — McHenry's Death — Goes to North Branch with his Son, John Lynn, to hunt and also examine the Ground — Camps in thick Laurel —Catastrophe — Dwelling consumed and two Grandchildren burned to death — Again visits the Potomac, with his two sons, John Lynn and James Browning — Gets lost in the Woods — Rough time — Has to camp out in Rain and Snow — Hair sticks fast to the Pitch or Turpentine — Uncomfortable fix — Fasts three days — Is Found by the Boys, and leaves for Home — Hunts with Enlow — Kills one Deer — Dangerous Ford over the River — Hunts on Cherry-Tree Meadow — Finds a Pan- ther's Track going into the Laurel — Treed by a Dog — Kills it — Finds the Ball in the Panther's Scalp — Beats it round, and kills a large Buck with the same Ball, having no others …. ………………………………………………………………..……………
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CHAPTER XI.
Sets a Steel-trap for Wolves — Catches a Panther in it — Panther fights the Dogs — Finds other Tracks in the Snow — Pursues and kills two more — Finds another Panther's Track — Pursues it many miles, when be trees him — Shoots, and wounds him — Most desperate Fight between Hunter, Dog, and Panther— Dog loses an Eye — Another Panther-chase — Follows him from thirty-five to forty miles before killing him — Returning Home, finds a Panther's Track — Follows it into the Laurels — Cunning of the Panther to elude pursuit — Treed by the Dog — Sheets, and wounds him — Hard Fight between the Dog and Panther — Is Killed by an- other shot — Hunts again on the Potomac, with Hugh McMullen — Kills three Deer, and camps in the Snow — Feet frozen — Returns to " Milk and Honey," and hunts eight days— Kills thirteen Deer and a Catamount — Exciting Bear-fight, and Mr. Wable — His great Fright………………………………………………………………...
CHAPTER XII.
Finds an old Bear and Cubs in the Trap — Shoots her and one Cub— Takes two Cuba home— Their Docility — Raises one, the other escapes — Mary sends the Author to Hunt — Kills five Deer in an afternoon — Parts with his Rifle — No success with his new Gun — Hunts a week, and only kills two Deer — Reflections on outside Ap- pearances — Gets the Rifle in order — Two Bucks fighting— Kills one— Hunts with his son William — Kills three Deer — Dog-fight — Goes to the Glades with two boys to feed the Stock — Very Cold, and Snow on the ground — In two days, kills eight deer — Next day, kills two Deer, and has a shot at a Wolf—Did not get him — En- low's Hunt — Kills a wounded Bear with his Knife — Kills several Deer — They hunt at Cherry-Tree Meadow — Kills a Bear with the Knife, after two shots and hard fighting — Catches a Wolf in a Trap — Kills an old Bear and two Cubs — Makes a Deer-Park — Catches a number of Deer in the deep Snow, and puts them in the Park — Mode of catching them — Has a desperate Fight with a large Buck ………………………………………………………………………………………………..
CHAPTER XIII.
In 1836, hunts with his two sons, William and John Lynn, on Meadow Mountain — Kills a Buck, and finds two Bears in the Trap — Next week, Hunts on the same Ground — Kills a number of Deer — Races with William in Hunting— Kills twenty Deer in one week — Visits Uncle Spurgin, in Preston County, Virginia, to kill some large Bucks, which he could not — Kills two of them in a couple of hours — Hunts ~n Roman Nose — Encounters a large Bear — Wounds him — Dangerous situation —Kills an old Buck, that had baffled all the Hunters — Two Friends come to Hunt — Kills an old Bear and two Cubs — Hunts on Negro Mountain — Kills three fine Bucks within a few steps of each other — Pumpkins and Cream — Hunts at Little Crossings — Kills six deer — Long Chase after the largest — Visits the same Ground, and kills another Buck — Mrs. Cunningham and the Bee-tree — Amusements of the young people — Cold weather — Goes to the Traps — Finds a
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large Bear in a Trap, killed by another Bear after a desperate battle — Hunts on Deep Creek— Kills two Deer — Goes to Little Crossings — Kills a Buck — Packs the Saddle with the Turkeys killed on the way — Travels some ten to twelve miles — Load weighs eighty-seven pounds — Hunts at " Milk and Honey " with two neigh- bors — Kills three Deer — Abandons the hunt, on account
