he turned and raced back through the pond, gal- 

 loping all the way across and sending the mud 

 and water flying in exciting fashion. After a mo- 

 mentary pause he again galloped through the mud 

 and water to the other side. The pond was half 

 filled with sediment, and evidently the mud was 

 more than a foot deep. 



One autumn while camping on the Continental 

 Divide near the head of Forest Canon, I discovered 

 that a grizzly will sometimes climb a slope for the 

 purpose of coasting. While I was watching a flock 

 of bighorn sheep, a grizzly came to the summit of a 

 near-by mountain. I saw him as he reached the top 

 and supposed he was crossing to the other side. He 

 shuffled along apparently with definite plans in 

 mind. But he was not going over the top. He 

 headed straight for an out-jutting ridge where the 

 wind-blown snow from the summit had formed a 

 cornice at the top of its steep snowy slope. 



The grizzly hurled himself headlong upon the 

 snow cornice with fore paws outstretched. The 

 cornice gave way beneath him. The snow slid and 

 snow-dust whirled about him. I had glimpses of 

 him looking like a fur-robed Eskimo falling down a 

 snowy precipice in a blizzard. As the snow-dust 

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