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ter; there was nothing for him to fear; not an ag- 

 gressive foe existed. But, being ever curious, he 

 hastened to examine whatever interested him. The 

 novel outfit of Lewis and Clark, which appears to 

 have attracted unusual attention even from fron- 

 tier people, must naturally have aroused the 

 highest pitch of interest in the numbers of bears 

 congregated in places along the river. There were 

 boats of odd type, — some with sails, — strange 

 cargoes, men in picturesque accoutrements, and 

 even a colored man. The frequent close approaches 

 which the bears made In trying to satisfy their 

 curiosity caused Lewis and Clark to think them 

 ferocious. 



But is the grizzly bear ferocious? All the first- 

 hand evidence I can find says he is not. Speaking 

 from years of experience with him my answer is 

 emphatically, "No!" Nearly every one whom a 

 grizzly has killed went out with the special inten- 

 tion of killing a grizzly. The majority of people who 

 hold the opinion that he is not ferocious are those 

 who have studied him without attempting to kill 

 him; while the majority who say that he is fero- 

 cious are those who have killed or attempted to kill 

 him. 



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