Hunting at High Altitudes 



then near 4 o'clock in the afternoon and as I was 

 tired, that I would go over to the elk carcass and 

 watch by it for an hour or two on the remote 

 chance that the animal which had been feeding 

 upon the carcass might return. I selected a spot 

 well to the leeward of the carcass in the edge of 

 the slender pine trees on the opposite side of the 

 open glade from that nearest to which the elk car- 

 cass lay. I laid my rifle against a little sapling, 

 and sitting down leaned back against a rock, which 

 I remember was exceedingly comfortable and fitted 

 my back exactly. The chance that a bear or moun- 

 tain lion would visit the carcass at that time of the 

 day was so slight that, becoming drowsy, I was 

 very willing to take a nap. 



How long I slept I do not know. I remember 

 getting on my feet, stretching my arms, pulling out 

 my watch, looking at it and then sleepily forgetting 

 what time it was. I looked at my watch a second 

 time, saying to myself, "Five o'clock ! I had better 

 go to camp," took another stretch, yawned and 

 then turned my head toward the little open space 

 in which the elk carcass lay. 



Over on the other side of the little opening in 

 the pine trees was a large grizzly bear, looking 

 as good-humored and as inoffensive as any bear 

 which we have in our Zoological Gardens in Phil- 



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