In the Sierra 



month before the usual time. Were bears 

 much more numerous and destructive, the 

 sheep would be kept away altogether. 



It seems strange that bears, so fond of all 

 sorts of flesh, running the risks of guns and 



Kres and poison, should never attack men 

 xcept in defense of their young. How eas- 

 ily and safely a bear could pick us up as we 

 lie asleep ! Only wolves and tigers seem to 

 have learned to hunt man for food, and per- 

 iaps sharks and crocodiles. Mosquitoes and 

 >ther insects would, I suppose, devour a help- 

 less man in some parts of the world, and so 

 tight lions, leopards, wolves, hyenas, and 

 >anthers at times if pressed by hunger, 

 at under ordinary circumstances, perhaps, 

 oily the tiger among land animals may be 

 lid to be a man-eater, unless we add man 

 dmself. 



Clouds as usual about .05. Another glori- 

 >us Sierra day, warm, crisp, fragrant, and 

 :lear. Many of the flowering plants have 

 jone to seed, but many others are unfolding 

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