wild life. He will stand in a stream to see the ways of 

 water-ouzels. The sliding of otter at play appears to 

 interest him, and I have discovered otter-slides by 

 following his tracks to them. Once, when I was en- 

 joying the play of a n,umber of beaver racing and 

 splashing in a pond, a grizzly watched them for a 

 time from the edge of the woods, then came out on 

 the dam and sat down where he could better see 

 them. Though a solitary and self-contained baron, 

 he has many entertaining interests. 



There are times at home, or abroad, when the 

 grizzly is not deeply interested in anything, when 

 time hangs a little heavy on his hands, or on his 

 mind. Sometimes at home he does n't quite know 

 what to do with himself. He is n't hungry, he can't 

 think of any place where he cares to go, he is n't 

 interested in swimming, he does n't even want to 

 play. He does n't care to lie down and sleep. He 

 starts off languidly, stops, moves on, rears up, 

 takes a bite out of the bark of a tree ; but he does n't 

 care for the bark to eat and does n't even look up 

 to see how high he has bitten. 



The grizzly is a descendant of a long line of wan- 

 derers and may occasionally explore surrounding 

 territory for sheer adventure. If much harassed by 



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