it is little more than two hours for a 

 Grizzly. It is farther than eyesight, 

 but it is well within nosesight, and 

 Jack, feeling mutton-hungry, had not 

 the least difficulty in following his 

 prey. His supper was a little later than 

 usual, but his appetite was the better 

 for that. There was no alarm in camp, 

 so Tampico had fallen asleep. A 

 growl from the dog awakenedhim. He 

 started up to behold the most appal- 

 ling creature that he had ever seen or 

 imagined, a monster Bear standing on 

 his hind legs, and thirty feet high at 

 least. The dog fled in terror, but was 

 valor itself compared with Pedro. He 

 was so frightened that he could not 

 express the prayer that was in his 

 breast: " Blessed saints, let him have 

 every sin-blackened sheep in the band, 

 but spare your poor worshiper/' and 

 he hid his head; so never learned that 



