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dangerous; another will speak and act as if 

 he deemed them of no more consequence 

 than so many rabbits. I knew one old hunt- 

 er who had killed a score without ever see- 

 ing one show fight. On the other hand, 

 Dr. James C. Merrill, U. S. A., who has had 

 about as much experience with bears as I 

 have had, informs me that he has been charged 

 with the utmost determination three times. 

 In each case the attack was delivered be- 

 fore the bear was wounded or even shot at, 

 the animal being roused by the approach of 

 the hunters from his day bed, and charging 

 headlong at them from a distance of twenty 

 or thirty paces. All three bears were killed 

 before they could do any damage. There 

 was a very remarkable incident connected 

 with the killing of one of them. It-occurred 

 in the northern spurs of the Bighorn range. 

 Dr. Merrill, in company with an old hunter, 

 had climbed down into a deep, narrow can- 

 yon. The bottom was threaded with well- 

 beaten elk trails. While following one of 

 these the two men turned a corner of the 

 canyon and were instantly charged by an old 

 she-grisly, so close that it was only by good 

 luck that one of the hurried shots disabled 

 her and caused her to tumble over a cut bank 



