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Wherever the place, it is one where the bear cannot 

 be easily surprised, and where his scouts — his 

 scent, his sight, and his ears — would easily warn 

 him of the approach of any possible danger. 



When pursued, the grizzly tries to keep within 

 his domain. Usually he travels only seven or eight 

 miles in one direction, then doubles back, circles, 

 and zigzags. Only two or three times when trailing 

 the bear have I known him to travel more than 

 fourteen or fifteen miles in one direction. In one 

 long trailing experience I observed that the bear, 

 with many twists and zigzags, covered his domain 

 practically twice over. I trailed the same grizzly 

 two Septembers, three years apart. I started him 

 the second time near the place where I had started 

 him before, and he followed for three days over 

 almost exactly the same route taken the first time. 



Three prospectors and I were rowing across a 

 lake in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho. When 

 about half a mile from the farther shore, we spied a 

 grizzly swimming across. We pursued, and when we 

 got near, one of the men proposed to rope him, say- 

 ing that the bear could now tow us ashore. The 

 other two protested so vigorously that the rope 

 was not thrown. Fortunate for us that it was not, 



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