for had it fallen over the neck of Mr. Grizzly, the 

 chances are that he might have climbed into the 

 boat. In Alaska I saw a grizzly out at sea, swim- 

 ming vigorously along between two islands that 

 were seven miles apart. The grizzly is fond of wa- 

 ter, is an excellent and enduring swimmer, and in 

 the water fights effectively. 



While I was on a winter trip into the San Juan 

 Mountains a prospector told me of an occurrence 

 which he had just witnessed. A snow-slide crashing 

 down into a gulch close to a grizzly den aroused 

 the bear, who came out with a rush to see what was 

 going on. He did not lose his head, but looked 

 about until the air cleared of the swirling snow- 

 dust. Then he walked round the wreckage brought 

 down by the slide and finally climbed it and ex- 

 plored the opening it had smashed through the 

 woods. After being out more than an hour he re- 

 entered the den. 



Though living a solitary life in the seclusion of 

 the wilderness, this bear was again routed out be- 

 fore spring. His den was only a few feet above the 

 stream, on the mountain-side. The debris brought 

 down by the snow-slide forty or fifty feet up the 

 gulch dammed the stream and raised the water so 



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