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within thirty feet of the waiting feast, he re- 

 doubled his precautions against surprise and 

 ambush. My scent by the carcass probably had 

 nothing to do with these precautions. A grizzly 

 is ever on guard and in places of possible ambush 

 is extremely cautious. He is not a coward ; but 

 he does not propose to blunder into trouble. 



Slipping cautiously to the edge of a thick wil- 

 low-clump, he suddenly flung himself into it with 

 a fearful roar, then instantly leaped out on the 

 other side. Evidently he planned to start some- 

 thing if there was anything to start. 



Standing fully erect, tense at every point, he 

 waited a moment in ferocious attitude, ready 

 to charge anything that might plunge from the 

 willows; but nothing started. After a brief 

 pause he charged, roaring, through another 

 willow-clump. It was a satisfaction to know 

 that the tree-limb on which I sat was substan- 

 tial. That a grizzly bear cannot climb a tree is 

 a fact in natural history which gave me im- 

 mense satisfaction. Every willow-clump near 

 the carcass was charged, with a roar. 



Not finding an enemy, he at last went to the 



