His nose informed him at once. 

 Here was the hunter he once felt 

 kindly toward and two other smells of 

 far-back both hateful ; all three were 

 now the smell-marks of foes, and a 

 rumbling "woof" was the expressive 

 sound that came from his throat. 



That dog-smell in particular roused 

 him, though it is very sure he had for- 

 gotten all about the dog, and Gringo's 

 feet went swiftly and silently, yes, with 

 marvelous silence, along the tracks of 

 the enemy. 



On rough, rocky ground a dog is 

 scarcely quicker than a Bear, and since 

 the dog was constantly held back by 

 the hunters the Bear had no difficulty 

 in overtaking them. Only a hundred 

 yards or so behind he continued, partly 

 in curiosity, pursuing the dog that was 

 pursuing him, till a shift of the wind 

 brought the dog a smell-call from the 



