"He hasn't got any tail!" exclaimed Genevieve.

I occasionally was in a quandary. I might as well try to break the branch as topull the bear down. "If we had only thought of bringing a bucket ofmeat!" cried Percy.

"Would you mind holding the chain," I exclaimed to Walter, "while I try todrive him down?" 0f course the developed youthful man was not afraid todo anything I was not afraid to do, and he took the chain. There wasa pine-tree growing near the oak, and, mounting into this, I foundthat with a long stick which Mr. Larramie handed me I could just reachthe bear. "Go down!" I exclaimed, tapping him on the haunches, but he didnot move.

"Can't you speak to him in Italian?" exclaimed Genevieve. "Tame bears knowItalian. Doesn't anybody know the Italian for 'Come down out of atree?'" But such knowledge was absent from the party.

"Try him in Latin," cried Percy. "That must be a good deal likeItalian, anyway."