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with her cub. Apparently she did not Hke the look 

 of the first-comer, for she gave her offspring a slap, 

 sending it clambering at lightning speed up a tree, 

 then made a dive at the amiable one I had photo- 

 graphed. He did not wait to find out the nature of 

 her grievance against himself, but shuffled off at top 

 speed. 



It seemed then as if my turn was coming 

 She looked at me as though saying, " Now I 'm going 

 to make you run." But I had already seen enough 

 of her ladyship's methods, so beat a retreat, more 

 hurriedly than gracefully I fear. 



On another occasion I had my camera ready, and 

 was waiting for something to come along. The first 

 arrival was a large bear. Evidently I puzzled him, 

 for I was sitting on a log holding the camera in front 

 of my face. Anyway, he was more inquisitive than I 

 liked, and came much too close to be pleasant, so I 

 jumped up and gave vent to a great shout. The bear 

 sprang back, grunting in alarm, and a moment later 

 both of us were bolting in opposite directions. 



That same evening Dick Randall, the guide, 

 informed me that we might find ourselves in for some 

 trouble. A very big bear had taken up his quarters 

 in the neighbourhood, and had recently become very 

 cheeky, causing a good deal of alarm and annoyance 

 amongst the camping parties. No one is allowed 

 to take fire-arms of any kind into the Park, and 



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