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head of a little ravine and placed a cake of half- 

 burned, highly scented honey just beyond the 

 trap. The mother and the cubs came, and 

 apparently she had had a hard time making 

 them sit down and wait until she examined the 

 trap. To the amazement of the trapper she 

 had climbed down the precipitous rocks behind 

 the trap and procured the honey without pass- 

 ing over the trap. 



Knowing that she was in the lower part of her 

 territory, he one day set three large traps in 

 three narrow places on the trail which she used 

 in retreating up the mountain. The upper- 

 most of these he set in the edge of the little lake 

 at the point where she invariably came out of 

 the water in crossing it. He then circled and 

 came below her. Away she retreated. The 

 first trap was detected two or three leaps before 

 she reached it. Turning aside, she at once 

 proceeded to the summit of the range over a 

 new route. The following day the trapper was 

 seen moving his outfit to other scenes. 



Two near-by ranchers tried to get the bear 

 by hunting. The latter part of September 

 they invaded her territory with dogs. The 

 second day out the dogs picked up her trail. 

 She fled with the yearling cubs toward the sum- 

 mit of the range over a route with which she 

 was familiar. Pausing at a rugged place she 



