194 TRUE BEAR STORIES. 



lunatic) was the inventor of the scheme 

 and general boss of the outfit 



"A bear will do this," said one. "He will 

 do so and so," said another, and "you just 

 do that and he'll go right into the trap," 

 said a dozen more. Everybody seemed to 

 be loaded to the guards with an assorted 

 cargo of general ignorance about bears, 

 which they were anxious to discharge upon 

 the Examiner expedition, but not one man 

 in the whole lot ever caught a grizzly, and 

 very few ever saw one. 



As a matter of fact, determined by ex- 

 perience and observation, a grizzly will do 

 none of the things laid down as rules of 

 conduct for him by the wise men of the 

 mountains, but will do pretty much as he 

 pleases, and act as his individual whim 

 or desire moves him. It is a mistake to 

 generalize about bears from the actions of 

 one of the species. One bear will be bold 

 and inquisitive, and will walk right into 

 a camp to gratify his curiosity, while an- 



