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bowlder, and then, from the bowlder, without get- 

 ting into the pen, reached down and dragged up 

 the carcass. In doing this one of the poles which 

 had been torn out of place and thrown to one side 

 struck the top of a stump, turned over, and fell 

 across the line attached to a spring gun. This fired 

 its waiting shot. Then the grizzly did this astound- 

 ing thing. He appears to have been on top of the 

 bowlder when the shot was fired, but he descended, 

 made his way to the smelly gun, and then exam- 

 ined it, the snow being tracked up in front of it. 

 Returning to the carcass, he dragged it off the 

 bowlder and ate the last mouthful. Leaving the 

 bones where they lay, he walked across the line 

 where the pole rested on it and went off up the 

 gulch. 



A grizzly is wary for the preservation of his life. 

 It is generally a triumph of stalking to get within 

 short range of him. His senses detect danger afar. 

 He will sometimes hear the stealthy approach of a 

 hunter at the distance of a quarter of a mile, and 

 under favorable conditions he will scent a man at a 

 distance of a mile or more. Being ever on guard, 

 and generally in a place where he can scout with 

 scent, sight, or hearing, he usually manages to 



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