CONTENTS. 



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INTRODUCTORY NOTES, . . .7 



I. A BEAR ON FIRE, . . 13 



II. MUSIC-LOVING BEARS, . . 29 



III. MY FIRST GRIZZLY, . . 36 



IV. TWIN BABIES, . . .44 



V. IN SWIMMING WITH A BEAR, . 56 







VI. A FAT LITTLE EDITOR AND THREE 



LITTLE BROWNS, . 68 



VII. TREEING A BEAR, . . .76 



VIII. BILL CROSS AND His PET BEAR, 86 



IX. THE GREAT GRIZZLY BEAR, . 96 



X. As A HUMORIST, . . 106 



XI. A GRIZZLY'S SLY LITTLE JOKE, . 110 



XII. THE GRIZZLY AS FREMONT FOUND 



HIM, . 112 



