hunter the year before. It was a liquid 

 composed of rancid fish oil, and but 

 I suppose I must not tell. A more un- 

 godly odour I have never known. Nim- 

 rod put a few drops of it on his horse's 

 feet, and all the other horses straightway 

 ostracised him for several days till the 

 worst of it wore away. Even the cook 

 allowed "it was all-fired nasty." So 

 some of this bear charm went on the 

 bait. 



The next morning, as we started out 

 for the day to roam the mountains, we 

 first inspected the bear pen. Nothing 

 had been near it. Indeed that charm 

 would keep everything else away, if not 

 the bear himself. 



The next day it was the same story, 

 but this really was no argument for or 

 against the charm, because, as I was told, 

 bears in feeding usually make about a 



