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fire. We hastened to the camp and found it be- 

 longed to two Philadelphians, Charles B. Pen- 

 rose and D. M. Barringer. We told them we 

 were starving and they loaded us down w r ith bear, 

 deer, and antelope. They were ideal sportsmen, 

 for they guided themselves and ran their own 

 camps without help. Their specialty was bear 

 and I recall that we agreed that the bear was a 

 timid creature that always ran when he had a 

 chance and that the only danger in hunting him 

 was that of not being able to find him. Half a 

 lifetime later Mr. Penrose was carried out of the 

 mountains so seriously wounded by a grizzly that 

 for days his life hung in the balance. 



