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in hunting all bears. Without the aid of these animals 

 the chances are much against the sportsman's seeing a 

 bear, even where they are known to be fairly plentiful. 

 The "small wise dogs" are the right kind. Large 

 courageous hounds which are willing to attack a bear 

 are soon killed by the enraged beast and he can dispose 

 of a good pack in very short order. The small dogs, 

 many of them of unknown pedigree, which have 

 learned to nip at the bear's heels and quickly skip out 

 of his way when he turns upon them, are the only dogs 

 which can successfully be used to hunt grizzly bears. 

 The little dogs cannot always hold a big grizzly when 

 he has once made up his mind to escape. 



A good guide who has had experience with the griz- 

 zlies is quite necessary. The trip into the haunts of 

 this bear is a long one. High moimtains are to be 

 climbed, vast forests traversed, and without the aid 

 of a guide the sportsman from " the States," as they say 

 in the West, could not expect to find a grizzly and 

 would stand an excellent chance of not bagging him if 

 he did. He would, most likely, soon get lost in the 

 tremendous forests. The best guide is the one who 

 owns dogs which have had experience with the game. 



The grizzly bear weighs from five hundred pounds 

 to a thousand pounds, and some have been killed 

 weighing several hundred pounds more. The Califor- 

 nia grizzlies, and those found in the Northwest, are said 

 to be the largest. Its pelt is brown with a gray cast 

 which is described as grizzly, although, as we have ob- 

 served, the bear is not supposed to have been named 

 from its color. The grizzlies vary much in color and in 

 size and appearance. Fat bears seem to have shorter 



