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man. There is no animal of the wilds whom he 

 avoids. Man, with field-glasses, dogs, and a rifle 

 that will kill at the distance of a mile, are odds too 

 great for him. He wisely endeavors to avoid man, 

 but if he cannot do so, when the fight comes he 

 exhibits one hundred per cent of courage and 

 efficiency. 



Only a few generations ago the grizzly was in- 

 stinctively courageous, never avoiding a foe; with 

 courage he met every issue, almost invariably com- 

 ing out triumphant. But when man is the issue, the 

 grizzly, seeing more than one move ahead, has the 

 wisdom and the greater courage to suppress the old 

 instinctive trait, for its use would be ineffective. 



For years I have watched, studied, and enjoyed 

 the grizzly, have seen his actions under a variety of 

 influences — fighting and playing, sleeping and 

 food-getting. I have watched him when he was 

 under normal influences and abnormal ones; when 

 pursuer and when pursued ; have kept him within 

 the focus of my field-glasses for hours at a time, 

 and have trailed for days with a camera this mas- 

 ter animal. 



The grizzly is so dignified and so strangely hu- 

 man-like that I have felt degraded every time I 



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