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stupendous thing iii the way of scenery in the Western Hem- 

 isphere. And of course they think they have seen it, and 

 naturally they come home and spread its fame. British 

 colonies are active, even in these post-war days when the 

 world-at-large lias not yet reached a definite peace footing. 

 Quite recently, for instance, an American motion picture 

 bureau received a giFt of 25,000 feet of film, largely scenic, 

 From South Africa. But while Canadian mountain scenery 

 is all that is claimed for it, we want to pause to say right 

 here that it is not any more beautiful than our own Rocky 

 Mountain scenery. Even the Swiss Alps may be offset by 

 our Glacier National Park alone. Point for point, Glacier 

 will compete and usually score a triumph. There are 

 many other beautiful national parks and reserves in the 

 United States and in Alaska, but I will not follow this vein 

 of thought further. 



I started out to tell you about the experience with the 

 hear my friend related to me, and so here goes. He had no 

 (logs with him, neither had his hunting mate. So they de- 

 cided to hunt not far distant from each other, for the sake 

 of safety, and for fear of my friend, who was unaccustomed 

 to these game fields, getting lost. 



They had scouted around for perhaps an hour among 

 the foothills, but could discern no signs of game, so they 

 decided to go higher. Two hours later found them well up 

 among the smaller trees, and presently my friend Join: 

 discovered a bear track in the thin layer of snow. Unques- 

 tionably the easiest and best way to hunt bears is with thor- 

 oughly trained hounds, or Airedale terriors, or better still- 

 both. Without them, it is an excellent idea to have a com- 

 panion, for you never know what's in store for you, as this 

 explanation will show. Kither way you hunt you appar- 

 ently have the bear at a great disadvantage. One of the 

 chief reasons for fearing them is that such hugely exag- 

 gerated stories are sometimes told as a joke and circulated 

 for the truth about them that some hunters hesitate on this 



