Then, some distance down stream, he strung a line 

 across the gulch and attached a spring gun to one 

 end of the line. 



The grizzly returned that night, coming down 

 the gulch. After walking the lines around the car- 

 cass, and apparently having detected the new trap 

 inside, he leaped the line at another point. He 

 avoided the traps and ate about half the remainder 

 of the carcass. Then he piled a few dead logs on 

 what was left, leaped the line again, and went 

 down the gulch. He stopped within ten or twelve 

 feet of the line here and followed it along to where 

 it connected with the rifle on the side of the gulch. 

 Walking round the rifle, he went back into the 

 gulch and followed his trail of the preceding night. 



The trapper, amazed, vowed vengeance. He 

 made haste and built a log pen around the remains 

 of the carcass. He then set two traps in the en- 

 trance of the pen, one in front of the entrance and 

 one inside the pen. 



The second night following, the bear returned, 

 leaped over the line, and cautiously approached 

 the pen. The bowlder formed part of the rear end of 

 this. Climbing on top of the bowlder, the bear tore 

 off the upper part of the pen, which rested on the 



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