1 88 ' Hunting Big Game 



The nimrod made lunch, while they continued 

 the pack; and after eating we followed the 

 trail which the guides had made and blazed, 

 Tenderfoot and the nimrod toting the guns, 

 ammunition, and a goodly pack each besides. 

 All at once Tenderfoot discovered the blazing 

 on one of the trees and exclaimed: " Oh, look, 

 where a bear has just been measuring his 

 height on this tree; it is just fresh." The 

 guide had told him about " bear trees," where 

 the bear reaching up marks his stature by 

 scratching the highest point he can reach; the 

 Tenderfoot, in whose previous training " blaz- 

 ing a trail " was as unknown a point as a 

 " bear tree " itself, had hastened to show his 

 ill-digested knowledge. We set him right, 

 and also rescued him once or twice from the 

 wildness of the bush and set him upon the trail 

 again. He was all but lost once till we finally 

 heard his frantic yells from the distance — 

 "Billy, Billy, Indians! any of you! Where 

 are you? I 'm here lost, can't see bear tree." 

 Tenderfoot and the nimrod reached George 

 Lake some time before the guides finished a 

 second trip with the pack. The second time 



