This has made a change worth while for man. 

 Since shooting has stopped, thousands have seen 

 the grizzly and enjoyed him where only one saw 

 him before. 



The grizzly is easily the most popular animal in 

 the National Parks. He really is the greatest ani- 

 mal on the continent. The grizzly walks: there is a 

 dignity, a lordliness of carriage, and an indifference 

 to all the world that impress themselves on the at- 

 tention. Some one speaks quietly to him: he halts, 

 stands on hind legs, and shows a childlike eager- 

 ness of interest in his expressive face. His attitude 

 and responsiveness are most companionable and 

 never fail to awake the best in every one who sees 

 him in these moments. 



Some one told me the following amusing incident 

 concerning a grizzly. In the southwest corner of 

 Yellowstone Park a number of boys were bathing 

 in a stream, when a young grizzly came along and 

 for a moment stood watching their pranks. Then 

 he slipped quietly behind some trees upon the bank 

 of the stream. When the boys approached this 

 spot, with a wild "Woof, woof," he leaped into the 

 water among them. This caused great excitement 

 and merriment, plainly just what he desired. As he 



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