The Kadiak Bear and his Home 



my bullet entering the brush on one side of him. 

 Off he rushed into the woods with the dog after 

 him. I followed, and on coming out into a clear- 

 ing saw the dog being left far behind on the moun- 

 tain side. Old Tchort was not in condition. This 

 was sad and illustrated the fact that it is sometimes 

 best to be alone. 



We next tried Kaguiac Bay and here spent 

 many days. Two bears had been killed by the 

 natives near the barabara where we camped, and 

 there was plenty of sign. 



Before sunrise we were watching from a good 

 position, and it was scarcely light when Vacille 

 made out a big bear, two miles or more away. He 

 was traveling the snow arete of the mountain 

 opposite, and trying to find a good descent into our 

 valley. One could see the huge body and head 

 plainly with the naked eye against the sky-line as 

 he made his way rapidly through the deep snow. 

 Finally he found a place somewhat bare of snow 

 and gave us a splendid exhibition of rock climbing. 

 It took little time for him to get down into the 

 alders, where he apparently dropped asleep. To 

 our astonishment he woke up about lo o'clock and 

 worked down toward the bottom land. We stalked 

 him in the woods and alders, which were very 

 thick, within 300 yards, and here I should have 



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