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Bears, like dogs, have keen noses, and 



A THING MUST SMELL LIKE A MAN 



before a bear will think it a man. Late one after- 

 noon, as we were nearing the end of a long drive, 

 an exclamation from my wife caused me to rein up 

 my horses, and turn in my seat. At the side of 

 the road were two camps of family parties located 

 in a beautiful green glade, separated from each 

 other only by a deep, narrow gully. Seated in the 

 bottom of this hollow was the largest, fattest, 

 laziest-looking black bear we had seen in the park. 

 It was in plain view of the road, but concealed 

 from the campers. A few feet from its hiding 

 place children were romping and playing, uncon- 

 scious of its presence, and the big brute paid no 

 attention to the shouts and laughter of the little 

 folks, but idly swayed its head from side to side 

 with a comical expression of weariness. The pur- 

 pose of the bear was evident. It was .waiting for 

 the campers to retire, that it might 



RAID THEIR KITCHEN WAGONS. 



We afterwards learned that the noise it made in 

 clambering into the wagon aroused the cook, who 

 drove the fat rascal away by pounding its back with 

 a tent pole. 



Yellowstone Park is to the birds and mammals 

 of this country a place of refuge from persecution. 

 It is indeed unique in being the first place where 



