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Photo 03' (jeorge Shiras, 31 



COW x\ND CALF MOOSE IN A LAGOON 

 The cow shows a small tassel or a "bell" under the throat 



ANOTHER BEAR APPEARS 



"August 5, 1908— Ther., 8o°-5o°. 



"Last night we had a surprise. I was 

 awakened at 9 o'clock by loud yells from 

 the guides' tent, followed by cries of 

 'Bear ! bear ! bear !' Seizing the little re- 

 volver and hurrying out of the tent, I 

 looked about in the moonlight, but saw 

 nothing. Approaching the guides' tent, 

 I asked what was wrong. Thereupon 

 Hammer, who had not yet succeeded in 

 crawling out of his sleeping bag, said 

 that a big bear had just seized the sack 

 containing all our salt meat and canned 

 goods and made off with it, an investiga- 

 tion showing this to be true. 



"Farrell, perhaps irritated at the idea 

 of going on short rations for two days, 

 declared that my habit of placing bait 

 close to the camp for the purpose of 

 coaxing into view coyotes and other 

 ])rowlers of the night was responsible 

 for the bear's intrusion, and while, of 

 course, it was a black bear, he was of the 

 opinion it had not developed its thieving 

 habits about any of the tourist hotels, 

 since we were more than 30 miles from 



the nearest one by any land route. He 

 was certain it was not a grizzly, since he 

 never knew one to enter an occupied 

 tent. 



"The next morning, about 75 yards 

 away, we found the bag, as well as a can 

 that had contained raspberry jam. The 

 contents of the latter had been extracted 

 through perforations made by the ani- 

 mal's large teeth, and though pressed 

 nearly flat the can was otherwise un- 

 broken. 



"On thinking the matter over, I now 

 felt entitled to make one exception to 

 photographing animals in the park, and 

 that I ought to remain that night for the 

 purpose of taking the bear's picture by 

 flashlight, as it was quite certain that he 

 would return in search of another feast. 

 The guides, viewing the matter from a 

 humorous and not a photographic stand- 

 point, thought it would be a good joke on 

 the bear. It was thereupon agreed that 

 the two guides should take one tent and 

 paddle down the shore to Lookout Point, 

 where the signal fire would be built, and 

 then on the following morning they could 



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