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the grizzlies are likely to be found feeding later in the 

 morning and to return earlier in the evening, and at this 

 season I have even seen them out at all hours of the day. 

 But later in the season, after the ravenous appetite of 

 early spring has been somev^hat appeased, they v^ill 

 usually, on the one hand, be seen only betv^een four 

 o'clock in the evening and dark, and, on the other, v^ill not 

 remain out long after the break of day. 



The grizzly is the only animal I have ever hunted 

 whose habits one cannot depend upon. The fact that you 

 have seen him out and feeding on berries every morning 

 for two weeks, at precisely eight o'clock, is scant reason 

 for expecting to see him to-morrow at the same time. It 

 would be just like him to then come out at high noon — a 

 time when usually no self-respecting grizzly would think 

 of showing himself. In a way I attribute this to the fact 

 that the grizzly is very wary and, among other peculiarities, 

 likes seclusion. He will change his routine instantly if 

 intruded upon, and if he is molested to any extent will 

 leave his regular feeding grounds for others. 



The griczly, as I have said, does not seem to be much 

 of a traveller. He generally, I believe, spends his life in 

 a restricted area of country, and likes to live where he will 

 not have to go far for food. He loves a dark, wooded 

 canon near good feeding grounds, and, winding across this 

 canon, his trails will be found. He is also fond of 

 marshes where there is a stream, and where the small 

 willows grow thick and the grass heavy. Near the edge 

 of such a stream he makes his bed, and here he lies up 

 during the hot days of summer; and not very far away 

 will be found the wallows where he has rolled in the mud 



