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pled grizzly was living up to the reputation of 

 the species for curiosity. A moment later she 

 disappeared behind a boulder. With his field 

 glasses he could still see her shadow. This 

 showed her standing behind the boulder with 

 her one forepaw resting against it and peeping 

 from behind it. 



That autumn a trapper out for pine martens 

 saw the Echo Mountain grizzly and her cubs. 

 He reported her a great travell-er; said that she 

 ranged all over her large and rugged Rocky 

 Mountain territory. Her tracks were seen on 

 the summit of the range and she occasionally 

 visited the other side of the divide. Perhaps 

 she felt that an intimate knowledge of the re- 

 gion was necessary for a crippled bear in meeting 

 emergencies. This knowledge certainly would 

 be valuable to her in making her living and a 

 marked advantage if pursued. 



This rugged scenic mountain wilderness now 

 .is a part of the Rocky Mountain National Park. 

 It must have been a wonderland for the child- 

 like cubs. In the lower part of this territory 

 are a number of moraines, great hills, and ridges 

 covered with grass and dotted with pines. 

 There are many poetic beaver ponds. The mid- 

 dle slopes are black with a spruce forest and 

 cut with a number of canons in which clear 

 streams roar, Up at eleven thousand feet the 



