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these guns were of silk line stretched over bushes 

 and tall grass so as to be inconspicuous. As the bear 

 would be likely to seize the cow's head or neck, a 

 trap was set between her head and a large bowlder 

 near by. There was a trap on each side of the cow 

 and one behind her. 



The first night there was a light fall of snow, but 

 no bear. But the second night he came. Tracks 

 showed that he scented or heard the cow from afar 

 — more than a mile away — and came straight 

 for her. He stopped within two feet of the silk line 

 and walked cautiously round it until he com- 

 pleted the circuit. But there was no opening. He 

 then leaped the line — something I had never be- 

 fore heard of a bear doing. He approached the cow, 

 then walked round her; he went close to the traps 

 and detected just where each one was concealed. 

 Then, between the trap in front and the one on the 

 left, he seized and killed the cow. After feeding on 

 her he dragged the carcass across two traps and 

 left it. Leaping the line again, he went off down 

 stream in the gulch. 



The trapper reset the traps the following day 

 and placed an additional one just inside the line, at 

 the point where the grizzly had leaped over it. 



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