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and were unable to withstand the tempta- 

 tion offered by quarters of beef judiciously 

 exposed to their raids. 



The bait scattered around this trap was 

 discovered by four bears, but for some 

 time they regarded it with suspicion, and 

 were afraid to touch it, possibly because 

 they detected the scent of man near it. 

 Gradually they became accustomed to it 

 and the signs of man's presence, and then 

 they began to quarrel over the meat, as 

 was plainly indicated by the disturbance 

 of the ground where their tracks met. Two 

 of the tracks were of medium size, one was 

 quite large and evidently made by a griz- 

 zly, and the fourth was enormous, being 

 fourteen inches long and nine inches wide. 



The last-named track was not made by 

 a grizzly how r ever. There were six toes on 

 the forefoot, and this peculiar deformity 

 was the distinguishing mark of a gigantic 

 cinnamon bear known to hunters as "Six- 

 Toed Pete." 



It was almost invariably found, during 



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