THE GRIZZLY BEAR. 295 
CHAPTER XXI. 
THE GRIZZLY BEAR, 
WE passed many hours of excitement, and 
some, perchance, of danger, in the wilder por- 
tions of our country; and at times memory re- 
cals adventures we can now hardly attempt to 
describe; nor can we ever again feel the enthu- 
siasm such scenes produced in us. Our readers 
inust therefore imagine the startling sensations 
experienced on a sudden and quite unexpected 
face-to-face meeting with the savage grizzly bear 
—the huge shaggy monster disputing possession 
of the wilderness against all comers, and threat- 
ening immediate attack ! 
Whilst in a neighbourhood where the grizzly 
bear may possibly be hidden, the excited nerves 
will cause the heart’s pulsations to quicken if 
but a startled ground-squirrel rac past; the 
sharp click of the lock is heard, and the rifle 
hastily thrown to the shoulder, beitre » second 
of time has assured the hunter of the trifling 
cause of his emotion. 
But although dreaded alike by whive buvter 
