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grizzly is not ferocious, and following are given a 

 number of quotations from a few of these men. 



John Muir, who spent about forty years in the 

 wilderness home of the grizzly bear, from 1868 to 

 19 1 2, usually camped alone and never carried fire- 

 arms. He has repeatedly called attention in his 

 books to the wilderness as a place of safety, and 

 has mentioned that grizzly bears are masters in at- 

 tending to their own affairs; also that bears have 

 effectively suggested to wilderness visitors to do 

 likewise. In "Our National Parks" Muir says: — 



"In my first interview with a Sierra bear we 

 were frightened and embarrassed, both of us, but 

 the bear's behavior was better than mine. . . . 

 After studying his appearance as he stood at rest, I 

 rushed forward to frighten him, that I might study 

 his gait in running. But, contrary to all I had heard 

 about the shyness of bears, he did not run at all; 

 and when I stopped short within a few steps of 

 him, as he held his ground in a fighting attitude, 

 my mistake was monstrously plain. I was put on 

 my good behavior, and never afterwards forgot the 

 right manners of the wilderness." 



Muir also says, in "Steep Trails": — 



"There are bears in the woods, but not in such 



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