Why?

8. Swerved sharply streamward. Sliddering in the sand,

Note onomatopœia. How did Jamie elude the bear?

17. Like some vague shape of fury in a dream,

Why did the sight of the bear seem thus to Jamie?

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4. Would think of such a “trick of getting game”!

For a moment Jamie feels as if Hugh were still living and he can now triumph in his skill. Was that natural in a boy?

6. Like a dull blade thrust back into a wound.

Memory of sorrow “like a dull blade,” etc. Is that true to life?