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a block and tackle and when an impertinent old sil- 

 ver tip visited camp and put its foot in the noose 

 the workmen quickly strung the huge monster up 

 by the hind leg while Colonel Jones administered 

 such a flogging as no bear ever before received. 

 The Colonel exhibited moving pictures of this inci- 

 dent which were as unique as the idea of punishing 

 bad, wild bears. In his talk Colonel Jones said that 

 after the flogging not only that particular bear but 

 all the others gave the camp a wide berth. 

 Not only do the bears of the park, 



WHEN UNMOLESTED, REFRAIN FROM ATTACKING 



MAN 



himself, but they seem to know that they must 

 not prey upon domestic animals; this may be due 

 to the fact that it is less labor to visit the garbage 

 heaps than to capture live creatures, but it does not 

 arise from a lack of opportunity on the part of 

 the bears for their human-like footprints may be 

 seen any morning around the stables and open 

 sheds where the horses and cows are tethered, and 

 where it is no uncommon sight to see little colts 

 frisking around about their dams. 



The same thing could not be truthfully said 

 about 



THE MOUNTAIN LIONS, 



for these big cats, even in the Yellowstone Park, 

 kill apparently for the fun of killing and an exam- 

 ination of some of their dens disclosed more elk 



