76 WILD BROTHER 



learned that eleven sheep had been killed in one 

 night on a farm about five miles away from our 

 camp. 



Bears are quite plentiful in some sections of 

 Maine, especially in our region, which borders on 

 the wild lands of New Brunswick. On our trips 

 back into the woods, when we went some distance 

 from the little settlement, we often saw their signs. 

 They are very fond of the big black ants, which 

 live in nests in rotten trees. Frequently one finds 

 these ant-trees rent and torn asunder by the bears' 

 powerful claws. In the spring their big tracks may 

 be seen along the margins of the waterways that 

 connect the lakes. Here, where the sluggish suck- 

 ers gather by the thousands at this season, to 

 spawn, the bear comes in for a fare of fish. Here 

 also he hunts for frogs, of which food he is very 

 fond. 



To the lumbermen Bruin is a pest. He never 

 hesitates to break into an unoccupied lumber- 

 camp if any food has been left behind. In many of 

 the camps, especially in New Brunswick, the sup- 

 plies for the year's operations have to be brought 

 in on sleds during the previous winter, the only 

 time when transportation over the rough trails is 

 possible. During the summer the empty lumber- 

 camps are sometimes used as storehouses bear- 

 houses, they are often called. In these places many 



