long tl run Tt is on ; and there are Bears 

 that have a special fondness for flesh. 

 These are rare ; they are apt to develop 

 unusual ferocity and meet an early 

 death. Gringo was one of them, and he 

 grew like the brawny, meat-fed gladi- 

 ators of old bigger, stronger, and 

 fiercer than his fruit- and root-fed kin. 

 In contrast with this was his love of 

 honey. The hunter on his trail learned 

 that he never failed to dig out any 

 bees' nest he could find, or, finding 

 none, he would eat the little honey- 

 flowers that hung like sleigh-bells on 

 the heather. Kellyan was quick to 

 mark the signs. " Say, Bonamy, we f ve 

 got to find some honey." 



It is not easy to find a bee tree 

 without honey to fill your bee-guides; 

 so Bonamy rode down the mountain 

 to the nearest camp, the Tampico 

 sheep camp, and got not honey but 



