THE BEAR 



to the firing, and in most cases he offers a chance 

 for a second or third shot. 



Not a few city hunters " pull out " if they en- 

 counter bear signs where they intend to spend 

 their outing, saying they are not looking for 

 bears; yet the chances are many against their 

 seeing one even if they were anxious for an en- 

 counter. The trouble is not to avoid a bear, but 

 to find him, as his greatest desire seems to be to 

 keep out of man's reach, and he employs all his 

 cunning to that end. 



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