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friendly; they had merry times boxing, wrestling, 

 digging, and tumbling about in the water. Johnny 

 and Jennie were never cross and were the most 

 wide-awake youngsters that I have ever seen. 



Bears always interested me. The grizzly is con- 

 sidered the greatest wild animal in the world. He 

 has strength, speed, endurance, and impressive 

 size. He attends to his own affairs. But he is 

 curious concerning everything strange that he 

 sees, readily adjusts himself to new conditions, and 

 is never stupid. Bears are threatened with ex- 

 termination and need protection. 



The wilderness is one of the safest and the most 

 interesting places on earth. Early in my life I 

 had a camping trip with the great John Muir in 

 the mountains of California. He told me that 

 he had tramped the mountains of the West alone 

 and without a gun and nothing had ever attacked 

 him. Such has been my experience. 



The camera adds purpose and interest to an out- 

 ing. It is educational and develops the artistic 

 and the habit of seeing the beautiful — of looking 

 for the best. A cloud-piercing peak, wild moun- 

 tain sheep, beaver colonies, a waterfall touched 

 with light and shadow, and many other pictures 

 are ever in waiting. These will preserve with 

 startling, delightful fidelity the interesting expe- 

 riences of the trip. 



Recently the region in which I enjoyed wilder- 

 ness folk when a boy became a wild-life reserve- 



