smashing brush and fallen limbs of trees, 

 occasionally pausing to send back, in 

 her own language, a remark indicating 

 her disapproval of the party who had 

 interrupted her fishing operations. 



The mystery of the flying trout was 

 now solved, but a new conundrum was 

 presented to my enquiring mind; name- 

 ly, how did the old lady catch them? 

 With what did the bear bait her hooks? 



I have told the story to many guides 

 and woodsmen of my acquaintance, and 

 from them have sought an answer to 

 the question. Bige expressed the opin- 

 ion that the bear dug worms, wedged 

 them in between her toe-nails, and when 

 the fish nibbled the worms the bear 

 grabbed him. Frank referred to the 

 well known pungent odor of the bear, 

 especially of his feet, the tracks made by 

 which a dog can smell hours, or even 

 days after the bear has passed. He 

 said that fish are attracted by the odor. 



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