Second, I have ascribed to that one 

 animal the adventures of several of his 

 kind. 



The aim of the story is to picture the 

 life of a Grizzly with the added glamour 

 of a remarkable ^Bear personality. The 

 intention is to convey the known truth. 

 <But the fact that liberties have been 

 taken excludes the story from the cata- 

 logue of pure science. It must be con- 

 sidered rather an historical novel of 

 <Bear life. 



Many differentftears were concerned 

 in the early adventures here related, but 

 the last two chapters, the captivity and 

 the despair of the ^ig 'Bear, are told as 

 they were told to me by several wit- 

 nesses, including my friends the two 

 mountaineers. 



Jf 



