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a trifle. Had he not been wearing a grizzly-bear 

 coat, it would have been easy to believe that a 

 powerful, careful, thoughtful man was eagerly 

 digging that hole. 



The keenness of the grizzly's sagacity and the 

 workings of his rare wit were impressed upon me in 

 a photographing experience that I had. Two other 

 young fellows and I thought we could get a near-by 

 photograph of an old grizzly that ranged near us. 

 We entered his territory at three widely separated 

 places and moved in concert toward the centre. 

 We hoped that either one of us would be able to 

 slip up close to the grizzly or else he, in running 

 away, would come close to one of us. 



Very soon one of the boys aroused the bear and 

 started him running. The grizzly had evidently 

 scented him half a mile away. Running in my di- 

 rection, when within about a mile he discovered 

 my presence, turned, and retreated six or seven 

 miles into a remote corner of his territory. In this 

 retreat he did not go within two miles of either of 

 the other fellows. 



Realizing that the bear had eluded us, we slightly 

 separated and moved toward him. He did not wait 

 to be cornered in a caiion. Late that day we fol- 



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