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should be fed by no one except his keeper. If any 

 one and every one feed a bear, he is likely to re- 

 ceive food that he ought not to eat and to have it 

 given in a manner annoying to him. Feeding is the 

 vital consideration for grizzly pets, for grizzlies in 

 zoos, and for grizzlies in National Parks. 



When I arrived in Colorado, in 1884, grizzlies 

 were still common throughout the mountain areas 

 of the State. They were numerous in a few rugged 

 sections where there were but few people and 

 plenty of food. In the Long's Peak region around 

 my cabin, I early discovered the tracks of five 

 grizzlies. One or two missing toes or some other 

 peculiarity enabled me to determine the number. 

 Two of these bears ranged near, and I had frequent 

 glimpses of them. 



During the autumn of one year, 1893 as I re- 

 member, I crossed the mountains between Trap- 

 per's Lake and Long's Peak. Snow covered most of 

 the ground. During the eight days which this trip 

 occupied I must have seen the tracks of between 

 forty and forty-five grizzlies. I counted the tracks 

 of eleven in one half-day. But grizzlies decreased in 

 numbers rapidly. Numerous hunters came into the 

 State annually. Stockmen and settlers hunted griz- 



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