him of my presence, though I stood near him 

 for two or three minutes. When I yelled at him 

 he slowly turned his head and stared at me in 

 a half-dazed manner. Then he angrily showed 

 his teeth for a second or two, and finally — much 

 to my relief — fled like a frightened rabbit. 



On another occasion I saw a grizzly on the 

 opposite side of a narrow canon, with his fore 

 paws on a boulder, watching with the greatest 

 interest the actions of a fisherman on the bank 

 of the stream below. Every cast of the fly was 

 followed by the head of the bear. The pulling- 

 up of a trout caused him almost excited interest. 

 For some minutes he concentrated all his facul- 

 ties on the fisherman; but suddenly, with no 

 apparent reason that I could discern, he came 

 to his senses and broke away in a most 

 frightened manner, apparently condemning 

 himself for briefly relapsing into dullness. 



Two pet grizzlies that I raised always showed 

 marked curiosity. An unusual sound near by 

 or a glimpse of some distant object brought them 

 to tiptoe height, roused their complete attention, 

 and held it until the mystery was solved. 



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