176 CAMP-FIRES IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES 



cessors, but the eighteen-months-old cub usually is found 

 quite alone. 



It often happens, however, that in the height of the 

 berry season, six or seven bears may be found together 

 in the same berry-patch; but this does not mean that all 

 those individuals had been living together. Mr. W. H. 

 Wright, a very successful bear-hunter, once killed seven 

 bears in one day; and Prof. L. L. Dyche once saw 

 on the head of the Pecos River, in New Mexico, seven 

 grizzlies travelling together. But such occurrences are 

 very rare exceptions, and the rule is exactly the reverse. 

 Mr. Phillips once found two sets of tracks showing how 

 one bear had chased another out of his territory. 



Like the wolves of the North-west, the grizzly bears 

 of to-day know well that a deadly rifle is the natural 

 corollary to a man. Nine grizzlies out of every ten will 

 run the moment a man is discovered, no matter what the 

 distance may be from bear to man. The tenth will 

 charge you, fearlessly, especially if you make your attack 

 from below. It is said that a wounded grizzly always 

 runs down hill; and this may account for some charges 

 toward hunters below, which might not have taken place 

 had the hunter been ofif to one side. 



It must be borne in mind that the grizzly feeds ac- 

 cording to the bill of fare available in his locality at a 

 given time. In some localities he feeds upon salmon, the 

 bulbs of various plants, and even upon grass; but wher- 

 ever found, he is fond of berries. 



He is not a proud feeder. He turns up his nose at 

 nothing that he can chew and assimilate, except skunks 



