But the bear did not stop, and showed no evidence of having been so much as harmed.
"You missed him, you lubber! Let me have the other gun, and show you how to bring down game."
There was no time for any such proceeding, and, dropping the discharged weapon, Rob instantly stooped and caught up the second.
JUST THEN THE REPORT OF ANOTHER GUN SOUNDED
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Just then another gun sounded from a point higher up the berg, and the huge brute stopped. He seemed dazed, and, half-rearing on his haunches, picked at the wound, as though he fancied a splinter was there, which he could draw from his flesh.
"He's going to attack us with the knife!" called Jack, who saw that the danger was over; "and I shouldn't wonder if he knows how to do it better than you can manage your gun."
"Keep out of the way, Jack, and I'll finish him."
Rob had brought the second weapon to a level, and the opening was, if possible, more favorable than before.
Again he pulled trigger, and this shot did the business. The monster, one of the largest and fiercest of his species, went down in a helpless mass, and expired before their eyes.