174 THE UPPER YUKON 



tites. Strapping the two sacks of bear fat 

 and the hide and head on Charley, we left the 

 scene of action at about three o'clock, having 

 been under continuous excitement for four 

 hours, from the time the bear was first seen un- 

 til the final shot was delivered. In the past 

 we have read much of the ferocity of the 

 grizzly bear and how he will attack a human 

 being on sight. This might have been so in 

 the time of the old muzzle-loading rifle, with 

 black powder and a copper cap to explode the 

 powder with; but now the Ursus Horribilis is 

 a wise and cautious fellow. Instinct tells him 

 to beware of the repeating rifle and its savage 

 and destructive bullet. So at the scent or the 

 sight of man he sprints for the tall timber and 

 is soon out of sight. 



