The abundance of food at any place in a bear*s 

 territory gives other grizzlies public rights. A 

 berry-patch or a stream which has a supply equal 

 to the needs of many bears, a beaver pond, or a 

 lake, may become a public feeding-place. A flood, 

 a storm, a snow-slide, or other agency may take 

 the lives of a number of animals — cause a conges- 

 tion of food in any territory. 



That there sometimes is fighting in these public 

 places, and that one bear sometimes tries to hog a 

 larger food-supply than he can use does not change 

 the custom of the species. Incidentally, this viola- 

 tion of general or public rights but reminds us how 

 human-like are bears in their habits, good and bad. 



Lewis and Clark found a number of grizzlies 

 congregated at places along the Missouri River. 

 Apparently these had got together like those in 

 Yellowstone Park, because of congested food-sup- 

 ply. It appears that at regular crossings along the 

 river numbers of buffalo were annually drowned, 

 and carcasses regularly strewn at about the same 

 places. 



There are a number of regions in Alaska where a 

 bear lives in his own chosen locality but regularly 

 goes to a public feeding-ground. Much of the food 



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