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abroad after nightfall and before sunrise; but 

 even yet this is not the habit of those bears 

 which exist in the wilder localities where they 

 are still plentiful. In these places they sleep, 

 or at least rest, during the hours of greatest 

 heat, and again in the middle part of the 

 night, unless there is a full moon. They start 

 on their rambles for food about mid-after- 

 noon, and end their morning roaming soon 

 after the sun is above the horizon. If the 

 moon is full, however, they may feed all night 

 long, and then wander but little in the day- 

 time. 



Aside from man, the full-grown grisly has 

 hardly any foe to fear. Nevertheless, in the 

 early spring, when weakened by the hunger 

 that succeeds the winter sleep, it behooves 

 even the grisly, if he dwells in the mountain 

 fastnesses of the far Northwest, to beware of 

 a famished troop of great timber wolves. 

 These northern Rocky Mountain wolves are 

 most formidable beasts, and when many of 

 them band together in time of famine they do 

 not hesitate to pounce on the black bear and 

 cougar; and even a full-grown grisly is not 

 safe from their attacks, unless he can back up 

 against some rock which will prevent them 

 from assailing him from behind. A small 



