[Surprise-dev] in such a lively manner that

[Knaack P. <mid...@hw...>]

Crossed our minds; for the great quantity of blood that the bear left
behind him somehow or other went to convince us, without much
reflection, that the bear must be dead, and that we should presently
come upon him. "While hurrying on at this rate, our spirits received as
sudden a check as they had on a previous occasion; for we did at length
come upon the bear, sure enough, and, forgetting all our courage
immediately, we wheeled about in great alarm, and ran back towards the
hut as fast as we could go. "Finding, however, that we were not pursued,
we turned about again; and, proceeding more cautiously this time, we
came, in a little while, in sight of the bear again, very near where he
was before; but now he was clearly by no means a formidable enemy; for
he was going along very slowly, and making a crooked track, as if he was
drunk. Directly he fell over; and, in a little while afterwards, we went
up to him, and found him dead,--having bled to death from the wound I
had given him. "You may easily imagine how rejoiced we were; for now we
had an enormous supply of food, and a fine bear-skin besides;