152 The Grizzly Bear 



a distance from the wire, and finally they abandoned this 

 trail altogether, and made use of two others that ran 

 through the timber at quite a distance from it. Finding, 

 therefore, that the bears at the canon had evidently taken 

 alarm at my operations, I determined to move over to the 

 lake, sixteen miles away, as there were also said to be many 

 grizzlies at that point. 



Here, as at the canon, I watched the garbage pile for 

 two or three evenings, and scoured the country thereabout 

 during the day. Finally I decided on a trail that led out of 

 the range of thickly timbered hills, down through some 

 heavy woods and underbrush toward the west. Here, 

 also, I selected a spot for my camera at the edge of a little 

 open glade, that was covered with grass and small willows. 

 Through this glade the main trail ran, and a branch trail 

 also wound around at its edge near the timber. I chose the 

 through trail for my work, because its being nearly covered 

 with grass afforded me a longed-for opportunity to conceal 

 the wire. I also avoided setting my camera on the ground, 

 and fastened it to an iron spike made for that purpose, and 

 driven into the trunk of a large tree about twenty-five feet 

 from the path. The flash-pan was set near the same tree, 

 and the whole effectually concealed by means of cut willow 

 branches stuck upright in the ground. The wire from the 

 switch was led through the long grass about a foot from 

 the ground, and its further end tied to a small willow. 



When things were thus fixed to my liking, I myself 

 retired to a spot from which I could see some two hundred 

 yards up the trail, and get an unobstructed view of the 

 glade itself, and I took care to finish these arrangements 

 early enough in the evening to give the man scent a chance 



