I endeavored to find out the kind of food pre- 

 ferred by two young bears that I raised. A number 

 of times I approached them with a plate upon 

 which were cake, meat, and honey. In my pockets 

 I generally had also either turnips or apples. When 

 I appeared the bears usually stood on hind legs to 

 see what I had. If they caught the scent of apples or 

 turnips, they thrust paws or noses into my pock- 

 ets, ignoring the dainties on the plate. Otherwise 

 they grabbed whatever happened to be nearest 

 them on the plate. 



All grizzlies appear to be fond of fish. In many 

 places they are most successful fishermen. I 

 watched a grizzly standing in the riffles of an Idaho 

 stream, partly concealed by a willow clump. In 

 half an hour he knocked five large salmon ashore. 

 With a single lightning-like stroke of a fore paw, 

 the fish was flung out of the water and sent flying 

 fifteen or twenty feet. Rarely did he miss. Each of 

 the salmon weighed several pounds. 



A grizzly in the Sawtooth region, trying to catch 

 some fish, sprawled out on a low bank by the edge 

 of a stream. Holding himself with one fore paw, he 

 reached over with the other and felt along the 

 bank beneath the water. He did this very much as 



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