n8 Hunting the Grisly 



that case he downs any man who is in his way 

 with a sweep of his great paw, but passes on 

 without stopping to bite him. If while sleep- 

 ing or resting in thick brush some one sud- 

 denly stumbles on him close up he pursues 

 the same course, less from anger than from 

 fear, being surprised and startled. Moreover, 

 if attacked at close quarters by men and dogs 

 he strikes right and left in defence. 



Sometimes what is called a charge is rather 

 an effort to get away. In localities where he 

 has been hunted, a bear, like every other kind 

 of game, is always on the lookout for an at- 

 tack, and is prepared at any moment for im- 

 mediate flight. He seems ever to have in his 

 mind, whether feeding, sunning himself, or 

 merely roaming around, the direction usu- 

 ally toward the thickest cover or most broken 

 ground in which he intends to run if mo- 

 lested. When shot at he instantly starts to- 

 ward this place; or he may be so confused 

 that he simply runs he knows not whither; 

 and in either event he may take a line that 

 leads almost directly to or by the hunter, al- 

 though he had at first no thought of charg- 

 ing. In such a case he usually strikes a sin- 

 gle knock-down blow and gallops on with- 

 out halting, though that one blow may have 



