low bushes with dexterous paws and 

 tongue as he traveled, but stopped not 

 at all until among the tumbled rock, 

 where the sun heat of the afternoon 

 seemed to command rather than invite 

 him to rest. 



The night was black when he awoke, 

 but Bears are not afraid of the dark 

 they rather fear the day and he swung 

 along, led, as before, by the impulse to 

 get up above the danger; and thus at 

 last he reached the highest range, the 

 region .of his native Tallac. 



He had but little of the usual train- 

 ing of a young Bear, but he had a few 

 instincts, his birthright, that stood him 

 well in all the main issues, and his nose 

 was an excellent guide. Thus he man- 

 aged to live, and wild-life experiences 

 coming fast gave his mind the chance 

 to grow. 



Jack's memory for faces and facts 



