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and perhaps had scented the smoke, for he 

 was off with a rush. 



Thus we had another lesson demonstrating 

 the rapidity with which a grizzly bear can 

 get out of sight. 



There were four high pinnacles in front of 

 us; the largest and steepest was directly above 

 our camp ; the other three were to the left. 

 Between the largest butte and the next was a 

 pass in the center. Here was a small lake, 

 around whose shores were many tracks that 

 showed the presence of moose. I took a 

 moose-horn, and at about nine o'clock at night 

 I sat down near the little lake and made three 

 calls some fifteen minutes apart. I heard a 

 distinct answer to the first call, showing that 

 at least one bull moose was in that vicinity. 



The following morning we climbed the tall 

 butte and saw from its peak a bull and three 

 cows in the bottom land below. The wind, 

 however, was against us. The forenoon was 

 spent in exploring a wide plateau; in the aft- 

 ernoon, after eating lunch, we returned and 

 sat on the peak of the butte, and before night 

 arrived we saw, in all, eight cows, one spike 

 horn, three "outside" bulls, and one remark- 

 ably fine herd bull, with antlers having a 

 spread of at least seventy inches. This bull 



