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dangerous; another will speak and act as if 

 he deemed them of no more consequence 

 than so many rabbits. I knew one old hunt 

 er who had killed a score without ever see 

 ing one show fight. On the other hand, 

 Dr. James C. Merrill, U. S. A., who has had 

 about as much experience with bears as I 

 have had, informs me that he has been charged 

 with the utmost determination three times. 

 In each case the attack was delivered be 

 fore the bear was wounded or even shot at, 

 the animal being roused by the approach of 

 the hunters from his day bed, and charging 

 headlong at them from a distance of twenty 

 or thirty paces. All three bears were killed 

 before they could do any damage. There 

 was a very remarkable incident connected 

 with the killing of one of them. It occurred 

 in the northern spurs of the Bighorn range. 

 Dr. Merrill, in company with an old hunter, 

 had climbed clown into a deep, narrow can 

 yon. The bottom was threaded with well- 

 beaten elk trails. While following one of 

 these the two men turned a corner of the 

 canyon and were instantly charged by an old 

 she-grisly, so close that it was only by good 

 luck that one of the hurried shots disabled 

 her and caused her to tumble over a cut bank 



