Bruin: The Grand Bear Hunt
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Reid Mayne. Bruin: The Grand Bear Hunt
Chapter One. The Palace Grodonoff
Chapter Two. The Baron Grodonoff
Chapter Three. The Sealed Orders
Chapter Four. Discussing the Conditions
Chapter Five. Tracing the Route
Chapter Six. To the Tornea
Chapter Seven. Jack-in-the-Box
Chapter Eight. The Scandinavian Bears
Chapter Nine. Hybernation of Bears
Chapter Ten. Bruin at Home?
Chapter Eleven. Hand to Hand
Chapter Twelve. A Mysterious Disappearance
Chapter Thirteen. A Subnivean Escape
Chapter Fourteen. Ringing the Bear
Chapter Fifteen. Old Nalle
Chapter Sixteen. The Staked Enclosure
Chapter Seventeen. The Spitting-Devil
Chapter Eighteen. The Palombière
Chapter Nineteen. The Pyrenees
Chapter Twenty. An Odd Avalanche
Chapter Twenty One. A Meeting with Muleteers
Chapter Twenty Two. The Pyrenean Bears
Chapter Twenty Three. The Izzard-Hunter
Chapter Twenty Four. The Ambuscade
Chapter Twenty Five. A Bear in a Bird’s Nest
Chapter Twenty Six. The Lammergeyers
Chapter Twenty Seven. Firing the Eyrie
Chapter Twenty Eight. South American Bears
Chapter Twenty Nine. The Amazonian Forest
Chapter Thirty. The Peruvian Cinnamon-Tree
Chapter Thirty One. A Skurry over a Sand-Bar
Chapter Thirty Two. Pursued by Peccaries
Chapter Thirty Three. Scylla and Charybdis
Chapter Thirty Four. The Old Missions
Chapter Thirty Five. Eating a Negro’s Head
Chapter Thirty Six. The Tagua Tree
Chapter Thirty Seven. Northward!
Chapter Thirty Eight. The Northern Forests
Chapter Thirty Nine. The Lone Lagoon
Chapter Forty. A Darkey on Bear-Back
Chapter Forty One. Cutting out the Bear
Chapter Forty Two. The Squatter’s Bargain
Chapter Forty Three. The Polar Bear
Chapter Forty Four. The Old She Surrounded
Chapter Forty Five. A Whole Family Captured
Chapter Forty Six. The Barren Grounds
Chapter Forty Seven. Bruin taking a Bath
Chapter Forty Eight. The Great Grizzly
Chapter Forty Nine. A Fur-Trader’s Fort
Chapter Fifty. Treed by Old Ephraim
Chapter Fifty One. The Kamschatdales
Chapter Fifty Two. Fishing-Bears
Chapter Fifty Three. Dog-Driving
Chapter Fifty Four. A Sledge-Chase
Chapter Fifty Five. The Sun-Bears
Chapter Fifty Six. The Tall Tapang
Chapter Fifty Seven. The Bruang
Chapter Fifty Eight. The Cabbage-Eater
Chapter Fifty Nine. The Sloth Bear
Chapter Sixty. Bruin taken by the Tongue
Chapter Sixty One. An Extra Skin
Chapter Sixty Two. An Unhappy Horse
Chapter Sixty Three. The Snow Bear
Chapter Sixty Four. The Last Chase
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In one of the apartments of the palace Grodonoff, behold its proprietor, the baron himself! He is seated in an old oak chair, with a heavy table of the same material in front of him. On the table is spread out a map of the world; and by the side of the chair stands a large terrestrial globe. Several shelves standing against the wails contain books; and yet the apartment is not a library in the proper sense of the word: rather is it a large oblong saloon; having three of its sides occupied by spacious glass cases, in which are exhibited objects of natural history, – birds, quadrupeds, reptiles, and insects, – all mounted in proper form and arranged in due order. It is, in fact, a museum, – a private collection – made by the baron himself; and the books that fill the shelves are works relating to natural history alone.
In a man of military aspect – an old veteran with snow-white hair, and grand moustaches of like hue – such as he who is seated at the table – you would scarce expect to meet the lover of a study so pacific in its character as that of natural history? Rather would you look to find him pouring over plans of fortifications, with the pages of Yauban spread open before him; or some history detailing the campaigns of Suwarrow, Diebitsch, Paskiewitch or Potemkin? In this instance, however, appearances were deceptive. Though the baron had proved an excellent military officer, and seen service, he was a student of Nature. His early years, spent as a hunter, had begot within him a taste for natural history; which, as soon as the opportunity offered, had become developed by study and research. It was now no longer a predilection, but a passion; and in his retirement nearly the whole of his time was devoted to his favourite study. A vast fortune, which his grateful sovereign had bestowed upon him, enabled him to command the means for gratifying his taste; and the magnificent collection by which he was surrounded gave evidence that no expense was spared in its gratification.
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As Ivan said this, he drew a large travelling map of the world from its case, and opening it out, laid it upon the table. Both the youths sat down; and, running their eyes over the chart, proceeded to discuss the direction which, by the conditions imposed upon them, they must necessarily take.
“Ah! the beautiful little bear with the orange-coloured breast!”
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