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Otter trails and other ‘‘sign’’ were found on every island vis- 
ited and at every point where we touched on the mainland. The 
well-marked trails occur everywhere and extend through forest 
and over open tundras and meadows. Usually the trails run 
from one small lake to another, following water courses as closely 
as possible. Beach trails skirting the shore line are seldom 
constructed on the islands. 
Ursus dalli Merriam (?). Yakutat Brown Bear. 
Two were shot by Hasselbore on Montague Island. The 
first secured was a young adult female about four years old 
from Hanning Bay. The other was an old male shot at Macleod 
Bay. In addition to these two the tracks of an old female and 
two large cubs were seen at both Hanning and Macleod bays. 
These two bays and the intervening country apparently held 
only these five bears during our stay of ten days in the vicinity. 
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From the bear ‘‘sign’’ it was apparent that they had recently 
come into the region, apparently for the purpose of feeding on 
the salmon which were just beginning to run. 
When we entered Hanning Bay on July 24 only three or 
four dog salmon were seen in the creeks; but after a few days 
a dozen or more were always to be seen in the spawning beds 
at the mouth of the ereek. A week later a few humpbacked 
salmon were seen, and these were becoming more numerous when 
we left on the first of August. As these salmon, owing to the 
shallow stream, spawn practically at tide-water, the bears at 
this season spend their time near the beach. The stomach con- 
tents of the bears shot was chiefly deer cabbage and salmon. 
Besides the croppings of deer cabbage, patches of swamp 
carex were found beaten down by bears and also many places 
where the roots of skunk eabbage had been grubbed up and 
eaten. A well-marked bear trail was found running parallel 
with the beach about twenty-five yards back from the water. 
This was seen along the whole coast and apparently was the 
main highway of the bears between the various bays and their 
streams. No ‘“‘sign,’’ old or new, was seen at timber-line or 
about the heads of the creeks. 
