152 The Grizzly Bear 



a distance from the wire, and finally they abandoned this 

 trail altogether, and made use of two others that ran 

 through the timber at quite a distance from it. Finding, 

 therefore, that the bears at the canon had evidently taken 

 alarm at my operations, I determined to move over to the 

 lake, sixteen miles away, as there were also said to be many 

 grizzlies at that point. 



Here, as at the canon, I watched the garbage pile for 

 two or three evenings, and scoured the country thereabout 

 during the day. Finally I decided on a trail that led out of 

 the range of thickly timbered hills, down through some 

 heavy woods and underbrush toward the west. Here, 

 also, I selected a spot for my camera at the edge of a little 

 open glade, that was covered with grass and small willows. 

 Through this glade the main trail ran, and a branch trail 

 also wound around at its edge near the timber. I chose the 

 through trail for my work, because its being nearly covered 

 with grass afforded me a longed-for opportunity to conceal 

 the wire. I also avoided setting my camera on the ground, 

 and fastened it to an iron spike made for that purpose, and 

 driven into the trunk of a large tree about twenty-five feet 

 from the path. The flash-pan was set near the same tre% 

 and the whole effectually concealed by means of cut willow 

 branches stuck upright in the ground. The wire from the 

 switch was led through the long grass about a foot from 

 the ground, and its further end tied to a small willow. 



When things were thus fixed to my liking, I myself 

 retired to a spot from which I could see some two hundred 

 yards up the trail, and get an unobstructed view of the 

 glade itself, and I took care to finish these arrangements 

 early enough in the evening to give the man scent a chance 



