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but one had been used ! Burton rose nobly to the 

 occasion, and volunteered to return for more films 

 if we would keep the bear treed. This we did, 

 and that unfortunate beast must have spent one 

 of the most trying afternoons of his life judging 

 by his expression. He kept continually changing 

 his position as far as his limited quarters allowed, 

 and hid his face behind the trunk, just like a child 

 who is unwilling to be photographed. Then he 

 peered round the corner with one eye to see if we 

 were still looking, and finding that we were, opened 

 his mouth, elongated his tongue, and sighed deeply. 

 Finally he put his head on his arm and looked at 

 us as much as to say, " Do for goodness' sake go 

 away and let me get down from this beastly tree ; 

 I can't imagine what pleasure it gives you to keep 

 me up here in this uncomfy position all the after- 

 noon ! " Whilst we were watching him another 

 bear came up within ten yards of us, and lay 

 down behind a log without detecting our presence. 

 He was just below the treed bear, but so far as I 

 could detect they seemed to take no notice of each 

 other. After about half-an-hour Burton came back 

 with the films, and the newcomer hearing him moved 

 off before we could take his picture. In ten minutes 

 or so our original friend's troubles came to an end, 

 but the light was bad and our efforts mostly 

 failures. That same evening I saw a very fine mule 

 deer stag, with, at least, seventeen points. They 

 are graceful animals, about the size of a fallow 



