ILLUSTRATIONS 



At bay Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



A camp in the Sierras '44 



A thousand-pounder, half as broad as he was long . . 58 



Grizzlies feeding 66 



A grizzly coming out of the woods 72 



Listening 78 



Elk Summit, Bitter Root Mountains .... 96 



Near the head-waters of Wilson's Creek .... 106 



The home of the grizzly — ^in the Selkirks . . . .112 



Travelling in the Selkirks 118 



He landed in the little trail that we were following . . 134 



In the Bitter Roots — ^the old grizzly and her two cubs . 136 



His suspicions aroused . . . . . . . 140 



He came on, stopping and sniffing 150 



A flash that failed 168 



She was an old bald-face with three cubs . . . .176 



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