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mode of search, I l^ave found many beetles 

 and ants, and numbers of mole crickets, and 

 of the large stone cricket {Anabrus). In 

 this place, at least, dead stumps were rarely 

 searched. 



The habit of turning over stones is very 

 general in the spring and early summer, and 

 was one of the best indications of the pres- 

 ence of bears ; later in the season, wild plums 

 and other fruits are more generally sought as 

 food. This family of bears were regular in 

 their habits, feeding from early morning till 

 about nine o'clock, and reappearing about 

 four in the afternoon. On cloudy or showery 

 days they might be seen at intervals all day, 

 but a hard rain they avoided. The female, 

 while watchful, was not at all shy. She hap- 

 pened to be in sight when the tents were 

 pitched, a process she watched with much 

 apparent interest and some surprise. At first 

 she brought her cubs in close to her ; but 

 before long they resumed their search for 

 insects, and finding they were not molested, 

 paid little more attention to us. When watch- 

 ing an object she would raise herself to her 

 full height on her forelegs and elevate the 



head, which was moved slowly from side to 



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