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tered tree-growth the tracks turned abruptly to the 

 right, then led back eastward, close to the first line 

 of tracks, as though Old Timberline had turned to 

 meet any one who might be following him. 



The most impressive thing I had early learned 

 in railing and studying the grizzly was that a 

 wounded bear if trailed and harassed will some- 

 times conceal himself and lie in an ambush in wait 

 for his pursuer. I never took a chance of walking 

 into such danger. Whenever the trail passed a log, 

 bowlder, or bushes that might conceal a bear, I 

 turned aside and scouted the ambush for a side 

 view before advancing further. 



Old Timberline's tracks showed that he had now 

 and then risen on hind feet, listened, and turned to 

 look back. He acted as though he knew I was fol- 

 lowing him, but this he had not yet discovered. All 

 grizzlies are scouts of the first order; they are ever 

 on guard. When at rest their senses do continuous 

 sentinel duty, and when traveling they act exactly 

 as though they believed some man was in pursuit. 



Following along the trail and wondering what 

 turn the grizzly would make next, I found where 

 he had climbed upon a ledge in the edge of an open- 

 ing, and had evidently stood for some seconds, 



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