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boulder when I discovered a huge black bear 

 on the other side. For a moment we both 

 stopped, and then began a race for life, only we 

 ran in opposite directions, the bear covering two 

 yards to my one. On another occasion I was 

 walking along a bush-path when I perceived a 

 bear and cub approaching me. Stepping quickly 

 aside she passed on, merely giving me an in- 

 different look of recognition. 



Mr. Long, whose book I read to-day (De- 

 cember 1 8th, 1903), describes a meeting he had 

 with a bear, that in many respects recalls several 

 experiences of my own, and harmonises with 

 what I have just written on the subject. I will 

 repeat this extraordinary adventure in his own 

 words, but I rather doubt the bear's conduct 

 could have represented that of Ursus americanus 

 though President Roosevelt is of an opinion 

 that the habits of animals of the same species 

 may differ under changed conditions of climate 

 and country. 



"Just below me a boulder lifted its head 

 and shoulders out of the swirling current. With 

 the canoe line I might easily let myself down 

 to that rock and make sure of my next fish. 

 Getting back would be harder ; but salmon 



