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strange appearance. They misinterpreted what act- 

 ually happened. 



A few sentences from Audubon well illustrate 

 the wrought-up frame of mind of many hunters 

 and authors when hunting or writing about the 

 grizzly. Audubon says : — 



"While in the neighborhood where the grizzly 

 bear may possibly be hidden, the excited nerves 

 will cause the heart's pulsations to quicken if but a 

 startled ground squirrel run past, the sharp click 

 of the lock is heard and the rifle hastily thrown to 

 the shoulder before a second of time has assured 

 the hunter of the trifling cause of his emotion." 

 This suggests emotion but not accuracy. 



In summing up the animals of the North and 

 West in 1790, Edward Umfreville wrote of the 

 "red and the grizzle bear" that "their nature is 

 savage and ferocious, their power dangerous, and 

 their haunts to be guarded against." 



In 1795 Sir Alexander MacKenzie recorded the 

 following : — 



"The Indians entertain great apprehension of 

 this kind of a bear, which is called the grisly bear, 

 and they never venture to attack it except in a 

 party of least three or four." 



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