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bushes, and, towards evening, came galloping in with three 

 or four gashes in his haunch, that looked as if they had 

 been cut with a dull axe. The cowboys knew at once 

 that he had been assailed by a bear, and rode off to the 

 thicket near which he had been feeding. Sure enough a 

 bear, evidently in a very bad temper, sallied out as soon as 

 the thicket was surrounded, and, after a spirited fight and 

 a succession of charges, was killed. On examination, it 

 was found that his under jaw was broken, and part of his 

 face smashed in, evidently by the stallion's hoofs. The 

 horse had been feeding when the bear leaped out at him 

 but failed to kill at the first stroke ; then the horse lashed 

 out behind, and not only freed himself, but also severely 

 damaged his opponent. 



Doubtless, the grizzly could be hunted to advantage 

 with dogs, which would not, of course, be expected to 

 seize him, but simply to find and bay him, and distract his 

 attention by barking and nipping. Occasionally a bear 

 can be caught in the open and killed with the aid of horses. 

 But nine times out of ten the only way to get one is to 

 put on moccasins and still-hunt it in its own haunts, shoot- 

 ing it at close quarters. Either its tracks should be 

 followed until the bed wherein it lies during the day is 

 found, or a given locality in which it is known to exist 

 should be carefully beaten through, or else a bait should 

 be left out and a watch kept on it to catch the bear when 

 he has come to visit it. 



For some days after our arrival on the Bighorn range 

 we did not come across any grizzly. 



