I overtook him in a few moments, and I was following within a foot of his tail, waiting for a chance for a clear shot between his shoulders, as the thick underwood parted above his back, when he suddenly sprang round, and with a fierce roar, he leaped upon the muzzle of the gun.

I fired both barrels into him as he threw his whole weight against it, and I rolled him over in a confused cloud of smoke and crackling bushes.
In a moment he was on his legs again, but going off through the thick underwood at a pace that in my helpless state soon left me far behind.
His state must have been far from enviable, as he left portions of his entrails all along his track.

V.had killed his bear; he weighed about two hundred pounds, and measured fourteen inches round the arm, without his hide.
The Ceylon bear is a most savage animal, constantly attacking men without the slightest provocation.

I have seen many natives frightfully disfigured by the attacks of bears, which they dread more than any other animal.

Nothing would induce my trackers to follow up the wounded beast.
I followed him as far as I could, but my useless limb soon gave way, and I was obliged to give him up.