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the bear stopped. Standing erect, with fore paws 

 hanging loosely, he looked, listened, and carefully 

 examined the air with his nose. The grizzly is eter- 

 nally vigilant; he appears to feel that he is ever 

 pursued. As the air was not stirring, I felt that he 

 could not scent me in my tree-top perch. It may be, 

 however, that he faintly caught my lingering scent 

 where I had walked round the opening. After scout- 

 ing for a minute or two with all his keen senses, he 

 dropped on all fours and slowly, without a sound, 

 advanced toward the willow clumps. 



In places of possible ambush the grizzly is ex- 

 tremely cautious. He is not a coward, but he does 

 not propose to blunder into trouble. When within 

 thirty feet of the waiting feast this bear redoubled 

 his precautions against surprise and ambush by 

 walking round the carcass. Then, slipping stealth- 

 ily to the edge of a thick willow clump, he flung 

 himself into it with a fearful roar, instantly leaping 

 out on the other side ready to charge anything that 

 might start from the willows; but nothing started. 

 Standing erect, tense in every muscle, he waited a 

 moment in expectant attitude. Then he charged, 

 roaring, through another willow clump, and an- 

 other, until he had investigated every possible place 



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