Ridge and Cony Creek were other boundary-lines, 

 while at the north stood Chief's Head Mountain 

 and Long's Peak. Toward the south the territory 

 narrowed and was not more than two miles across; 

 in the centre it must have been nearly ten miles 

 wide. An extensive area lay above the timber-line. 

 There were forests primeval, a number of canons 

 and streams, numerous small lakes and beaver 

 ponds. In this varied and extensive region old 

 "Timberline" had all the necessities of life and 

 many of the luxuries of beardom. 



The claw-marks and the tooth-marks which 

 grizzlies and some other animals place on trees are 

 often interpreted as being "No Trespass" signs, 

 indications of boundary-lines, survey marks, or the 

 seal of ownership of the landlord. If these marks 

 are extremely high, they are supposed to inspire 

 respect for the one occupying the region, or to 

 cause terror to the invader, unless he be large 

 enough to reach higher. But I question any such 

 significance attached to these marks. Ofttimes the 

 bear leaves these marks in the centre of his home 

 range, sometimes within the home territory of a 

 lion or a big-horn. While the idea of its being a 

 mark of ownership is a most artistic and enter- 

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