CONTENTS xi 



CHAPTER X 



PAGE 



Alone on a Mountain 145 



Getting Next to Nature — Waterfall Notch — The Pika at Home — 

 Ground-Squirrels and Grizzly Bears — Temptation Goats — Variations 

 between Summits- — Fool-Hens and Ptarmigan — Dwarf Spruces — Bull 

 River — Mule-Deer Grounds — Berries of the Mountains — Charlie 

 Smith Finds Grizzly-Bear Signs. 



CHAPTER XI 

 My Grizzly Bear-Day 1^9 



Rubbing-Trees of Bears — Fresh Grizzly ** Signs " Reported — A Trip to 

 the Goat Remains — A Silver-Tip at Work — Her Death — The 

 Autopsy — Amateur Photography and its Results — The Bear's Cache 

 — Wolverines Observed — A Jollification in Camp. 



CHAPTER XII 

 Notes on the Grizzly Bear 172 



Rarity of the Grizzly in the United States — Seasons — The Grizzly 

 Bear's Calendar — Solitary Habits — Food of Grizzlies — A Carrion 

 Feeder — Weight of Grizzlies — "Grizzly" or '* Silver- Tip " — Re- 

 strictions in Killing. 



CHAPTER XIII 



Photographing a Mountain Goat at Six Feet . 181 



Wild-Animal Photography — A Subject on the Crags — At the Head of 

 the Grand Slide — The Billy Goat at Bay — Exposures at Six Feet — 

 The Glaring Eyes of the Camera Stops a Charge — At Last the 

 Subject Stands Calmly and Looks Pleasant — In Peril from a '* Dead " 

 Knee — A Sleepless Night from the Perils of the Day. 



CHAPTER XIV 

 A Rainy Day in Camp 199 



The Finest of all Camps — A Record-Breaking Cook — Fearful Slaughter 

 of Comestibles — Drying Meat from Big Game — A Good Method 

 Described — The Norboe Brothers — Trapping on Bull River — The 

 Trappers' Bill of Fare — Mack Norboe' s Biggest Bear — The Big Bear 

 that Got Away. 



