sia. After a while mother waded into the pond; 

 cubs of course followed. 



The large yellow pond-lilies were in bloom, and 

 mother went about biting off stalk after stalk, ap- 

 parently forgetting the cubs. One of them grabbed 

 a lily stem and bit two or three times without cut- 

 ting it. Finally, leaning back, he pulled it apart. 

 He chewed it a little but did n't seem to enjoy it. 

 Then, holding the lily in one paw, he thrust the 

 great golden bulb into his mouth and ate it with 

 apparent satisfaction. The other little cub after 

 much tugging finally uprooted a lily. He chewed 

 at the four-foot stalk in three or four places. Then, 

 taking the bulb in both fore paws, he ate it as 

 though it were an apple. 



It is ever a joy to watch a grizzly and her chil- 

 dren. A mother grizzly crossing a lake just south of 

 Long's Peak swam low in the water with a cub sit- 

 ting contentedly on her back. She came directly 

 towards the shore where I was standing concealed 

 behind trees. As she approached I threw a stone into 

 the water close to her. Wheeling about like light- 

 ning. Mother Grizzly started at full speed for the 

 farther shore. The cub tipped over in the water, but 

 hastily took a tail-hold and was towed rapidly away. 



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