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a fat man might. More frequently the bear makes a 

 stand in driftwood on the bank, or on a log that has 

 fallen into the stream, or behind a willow clump. 

 Sometimes he captures fish by wading up a brook 

 and seizing with claws or teeth those that conceal 

 themselves beneath banks and projecting roots. 



A huge brown grizzly mother catching trout for 

 her two fat cubs held my attention one day. The 

 cubs waited on the grassy bank of a brook while 

 the mother brought them trout after trout. She 

 sometimes caught the fish by thrusting her nose 

 into the water beneath the bank or by reaching in 

 with her paws. Occasionally she knocked them out 

 of the water as they endeavored to dash past her in 

 the riffles. The cubs watched her every move; but 

 they were not allowed to enter the water. 



Sometimes the grizzly will collect and cover over 

 an excess of carcasses or fish. By a little mountain 

 lake at the headwaters of the Columbia I found 

 a pile of stale salmon beneath a number of large 

 logs and stones. The fish had been caught during 

 spawning-time and stored fof future consump- 

 tion. A day or two later I returned, and tracks 

 showed that the bear had come back and consumed 

 the salmon. 



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