American Big-Game Hunting 



salt-lick in the woods, which we approached 

 quietly, thinking game might be there. 

 When we reached the edge, we saw a big 

 cow elk standing among the trees on the 

 other side of the open space, and directly 

 after, another one lying down in the high 

 grass near the first, only her head and neck 

 being visible. She saw us, but did not stir. 

 Keeping perfectly still and looking closely, 

 we discovered seven or eight more, but none 

 with horns. Finally, stepping forward, think- 

 ing we had seen them all, a great number 

 jumped up, going out like a covey of quail. 

 Some had been lying down in the high grass 

 within twenty yards of us, and could not have 

 known of our presence. They made a great 

 noise and crashing as they scurried off, and 

 we could only guess at their numbers, but 

 there must have been thirty or forty. 



There were not many bears about here. 

 We saw the tracks of several very big ones, 

 but only four living ones. One of these dis- 

 appeared before we could get a shot, and the 

 other three, an old cinnamon with two well- 

 grown cubs, we found at the top of one of the 

 lower peaks of the Grand Teton near camp. 



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