 | John Kirk Townsend - 1839 - 368 Seiten
...several severe kicks from them. One of tho pack horses was fairly fastened upon by the terrific claws of the brute, and in the terrified animal's efforts to...condition, he would, doubtless, much exceed in weight ij*; estimate I have given. Richardson, and two other hunters, in company, killed two in the course... | |
 | John Kirk Townsend - 1840 - 368 Seiten
...several severe kicks from them. One of the pack horses was fairly fastened upon by the terrific claws of the brute, and in the terrified animal's efforts to...doubtless, much exceed in weight the estimate I have given. Richardson, and two other hunters, in company, killed two in the course of the afternoon, and saw several... | |
 | John Kirk Townsend - 1840 - 668 Seiten
...disengaged. One of our mules also lent him a kick in the head while pursuing it up an adjacent till, which sent him rolling to the bottom. Here he was...doubtless, much exceed in weight the estimate I have given. Richardson, and two other hunters, in company, killed two in the course of the afternoon, and saw several... | |
 | John Kirk Townsend - 1840 - 338 Seiten
...not to proceed far. Just then, Richardson, who had been absent, rode up, 144 IMMENSE GRIZZLY BEAR. and fixing his deadly aim upon him, fired a ball into...doubtless, much exceed in weight the estimate I have given. Richardson, and two other hunters, in company, killed two in the course of the afternoon, and saw several... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1845 - 846 Seiten
...received a ball; there must have been at least thirty shots fired at him, and probably few missed ; yet such was his tenacity of life, that I have no...doubtless much exceed in weight the estimate I have given. Richardson and two other hunters in company killed two in the course of the afternoon, and saw several... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1856 - 420 Seiten
...fired at him, and probably few missed; yet such was his tenacity of life, that I have no doubt that he would have succeeded in crossing the river but...at the least six hundred pounds, and was about the Light of an ordinary steer. The spread of the foot laterally was ten inches, and the claws measured... | |
 | Book - 1867 - 662 Seiten
...received a ball. There must have been at least thirty shots fired at him, and probably few missed ; yet such was his tenacity of life that I have no doubt...hundred pounds, and was about the height of an ordinary bullock." The proximity of the Blackfeet Indians caused the old hunters to recollect their former adventures... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1871 - 530 Seiten
...received a ball; there must have been at least thirty shots fired at him, and probably few missed ; yet such was his tenacity of life, that I have no...doubtless much exceed in weight the estimate I have given. Richardson and two other hunters in company killed two in the course of the afternoon, and saw several... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1871 - 268 Seiten
...received a ball; there must have been at least thirty shots fired at him, and probably few missed; yet such was his tenacity of life, that I have no...doubtless much exceed in weight the estimate I have given. Richardson and two other hunters in company killed two in the course of the afternoon, and saw several... | |
 | Thomas Rymer Jones - 1873 - 500 Seiten
...probably few missed him ; yet such was his tenacity of life that I have no doubt he would have succeed in crossing the river, but for the last shot in the...would doubtless much exceed in weight the estimate given." The Polar Bear (Thalassarctos maritimus*) is a very distinct species, easily recognizable by... | |
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The strength of four men was required to drag the ferocious brute from the water, and upon examining his body, he was found completely riddled ; there did not appear to be four inches of his shaggy person, from the hips upward, that had not received a... 