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hunter the year before. It was a liquid 
composed of rancid fish oil, and — but 
I suppose I must not tell. A more un- 
godly odour I have never known. Nim- 
rod put a few drops of it on his horse’s 
feet, and all the other horses straightway 
ostracised him for several days till the 
worst of it wore away. Even the cook 
allowed “it was all-fired nasty.” So 
some of this bear charm went on the 
bait. 
The next morning, as we started out 
for the day to roam the mountains, we 
first inspected the bear pen. Nothing 
had been near it. Indeed that charm 
would keep everything else away, if not 
the bear himself. 
The next day it was the same story, 
but this really was no argument for or 
against the charm, because, as I was told, 
bears in feeding usually make about a 
