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scream, and when a number of calves are uttering 

 it, practically at the same time, they make a great 

 din. I recall that the first time I ever heard it the 

 mountains were clouded in a heavy mist. I did not 

 know what caused the sound, but my companion knew 

 and told me, and expressed the belief that the calves 

 were calling for their mothers, having lost sight of 

 them in the thick fog which had suddenly come up. 

 In later years I often heard the sound in fair weather. 



67. T. E. Hofer writes me : "All the bears killed by 

 Colonel Pickett, on this hunt, were secured by using 

 hollow pointed balls. In one instance only was a 

 solid ball used, and that on a wounded animal run- 

 ning away quartering. The ball entered from back 

 of hip, passed diagonally through him, lodging in the 

 point of his shoulder and bringing him down. The 

 first shot with the hollow pointed ball would have 

 caused his death in a short time, but Colonel Pickett 

 took no chances from an animal escaping for the want 

 of a few shots, in a case where it showed vitality 

 enough to run. This bear weighed something over 

 700 pounds." 



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