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alarmed at bear scent and refused to go on. 

 The trapper dismounted and tied the horse to a 

 small pine, planning to advance with his rifle. 

 The two cubs, loyal to their trapped comrade, 

 had remained near. They charged the hunter 

 and horse. The horse, excited, pulled violently, 

 uprooted the pine, and fell over backward; then 

 he stampeded wildly through the woods and wil- 

 lows. His pack was left partly in the willows 

 and partly adhering to tree limbs. Everything 

 was scattered. 



The horse in falling had tumbled between the 

 hunter and the charging cubs. These few sec- 

 onds' delay enabled the hunter to climb into a 

 tree before the cubs could be upon him. As 

 grizzly bears cannot climb he escaped. During 

 the confusion the trapped cub had tugged vio- 

 lently at the trap chain, which was fastened to a 

 small broken log, and dragged this log for some 

 distance when it became caught. In the surges 

 which followed the cub tore off his two trapped 

 toes. As soon as he was freed all three cubs 

 hurried off into the woods. 



During two seasons of exploring the cubs had 

 covered a mountainous country about forty miles 

 long by thirty miles wide about twelve hundred 

 square miles. After they separated they may or 

 may not have spent any time in this region. No 

 matter how chummy and inseparable when 



