(preface 



ture and with my own experiences in the Rocky 

 Mountains of Colorado. Some of the chapters 

 in slightly different form have been printed in 

 various publications. The Saturday Evening 

 Post published "The Grizzly Bear," "Wild 

 Folk of the Mountain-Summits," "Wild Moun- 

 tain Sheep," "Associating with Snow-Slides, " 

 "The Forest Frontier," "Bringing back the For- 

 est, " and "Going to the Top." Country Life in 

 America published "A Mountain Pony"; The 

 Youth's Companion, "Some Forest History"; 

 Recreation, "Drought in Beaver World"; and 

 Our Dumb Animals, "My Chipmunk Callers." 

 The editors of these publications have kindly 

 consented to the publishing of these papers in 



this volume. 



E. A. M. 



Long's Peak, Estes Park, Colorado, 

 January, 191 5. 



