CHAPTER XX. 



BEARS I HAVE MET 



EFFECT OF FIRE ARMS ON THE HABITS OF AMERICAN BIG GAME 

 GRIZZLY BEARS FEEDING OUGH OO GO! THE HATED 

 TAINT ON THE BREEZE IT WAS VERY, VERY, INTERESTING 

 A LONELY TRAIL A BRILLIANT IDEA I LET THEM SNIFF 

 A BLACK BEAR WHO WAS STOPPING AT THE SAME HOTEL 

 THE UNFORTUNATE ROOSTER A BEAR IN THE SUBURBS OF 

 A CITY THE SAD STORY OF GENTLE MR. DOOLEY WHO IS A 

 MISS THE BEAR I DID NOT KILL 



The panther, the wolf, the deer, the fox and the 

 hordes of smaller creatures walk on the tips of their 

 fingers and the ends of their toes and are each and 

 all graceful after their kind, but Bruin walks on 

 the soles of his feet and the palms of his hands 

 leaving a trail in the mud or dust not unlike the 

 tracks left by a barefooted boy; this plantigrade 

 habit of the bear gives the creature an odd wab- 

 bling gait which, with the big awkward appearing 

 body, adds much to the comical appearance of the 

 mischief-loving natural humorist of the wild woods. 



After studying the black bear in its wild state in 

 the forests and mountains, in its semi-wild state 

 in the Yellowstone Park, and in its tame state when 

 kept as a pet, it- is difficult for one to conceive of 

 this creature as ever being an alarmingly danger- 



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