Bear Traits 



the small " cinnamon " above mentioned, and 

 as he approached the bait I watched him for 

 at least ten minutes, within a distance of a 

 hundred yards. He was extremely nervous, 

 walking very slowly, and stopping every few 

 minutes to look and listen. At these times he 

 would raise his head, and look about in all 

 directions. Something startled him, and he 

 dashed sideways half-way up a leaning tree- 

 trunk, for all the world like a scared cat. 

 Then he crept down, circled slowly around out 

 of sight below the bait, and I did not see him 

 until his head quietly pushed through the 

 willows, near which the bait lay. There he 

 stopped, with his long nose screwed up in a 

 savory anticipation, and it was a full minute 

 before he finally stepped out of the bushes, 

 walked across the remaining ten feet, and 

 began his meal 



Henry L. Stimson. 



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