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side. Something arouses him ; he may promptly re- 

 treat or he may investigate. You never know what 

 a grizzly will do next or how he will do it, but 

 everything he does is with fresh interest and de- 

 lightful individuality. 



An old grizzly pursued by wolves once gave me a 

 fearful exhibition of nature. He came running across 

 an opening in the southern end of North Park with 

 several wolves close in pursuit. He acted as though 

 away from home — hard pressed, bewildered, and 

 in a strange territory. The wolves were crowding 

 him closely as he reached the edge of the woods. 

 With a sudden move he wheeled and struck at the 

 one in the lead. Instantly the others were around 

 him, snarling and snapping. The grizzly wheeled 

 and struck quickly to right and left, striking out- 

 ward and downward somewhat after the fashion of 

 a cat striking at a near-by object. Then he turned 

 and ran on. 



A few miles farther on he again crossed an open- 

 ing. Fresh wolves were now in pursuit. I saw sev- 

 eral of the pack lying down, panting and resting. 

 The grizzly had no rest, he was hard pressed. At 

 one place, closely crowded, he backed up in the 

 comer of a cliff and here put up such a fight that he 



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