have felt more comfortable about both 

 man and beast. I struggled on for a 

 while, when the thought suddenly struck 

 home that if I went farther I should not 

 be able to find my way back to camp. 

 Everything is relative, and those empty 

 tents and smouldering fire seemed a 

 haven of security compared to the sit- 

 uation of being unarmed, and lost in 

 the wilderness — with the cook. 



I watched my chance and sneaked 

 back to camp to get a gun. I was 

 willing to believe the cook's bear story, 

 but I wanted a gun. When I got to 

 camp there were many good reasons for 

 not going back. 



After a time I heard two shots close 

 at hand, and soon the cook appeared. 

 He said he could not find the bear's 

 track, and lost me, so thought he had 

 better look me up and be on hand in 



