American Big Game in its Haunts 



female I killed at Kiliuda Bay, and weighed, I 

 should judge, some 450 pounds. It appeared 

 higher on the legs and less massive than the Kadiak 

 bear, and had a shorter mane, but was of much the 

 same tawny color on the back, although darker on 

 the legs and belly. 



Two days later we set out from our camp be- 

 hind the rocks and paddled a short distance up 

 the bay. 



Here we left the baidarkas and crossed a large 

 meadow without sighting bear. We then followed 

 some miles the banks of a small stream. Leaving 

 my friend with his two men, I pushed ahead with 

 my natives to investigate the country beyond. But 

 the underbrush was so dense it was impossible to 

 see more than a few yards ahead. We had gone 

 some distance, and Fedor and I had just crossed a 

 deep stream on a rickety fallen tree, while the 

 other native was following, when I chanced to look 

 back and saw a small black bear just opposite. He 

 must have smelt us, and, wanting to see what sort 

 of creature man was, had deliberately followed up 

 our tracks. Nikolai had my rifle on the other side 

 of the brook, so I snatched up Fedor's and twice 

 tried to shoot; but the safety bolt would not work, 

 and when I had it adjusted the bear showed only 

 one shoulder beyond a tree. It was just drawing 



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