across a stream. From this stand he knocks fish 

 entirely out of the water with a Ughtning-Hke 

 stroke of his paw. The bears that range along 

 the water-sheds of the Columbia and its tribu- 

 taries feed largely on fish, mostly salmon. 



I saw a grizzly make a stand in the ripple 

 of an Idaho stream, where he was partly con- 

 cealed by a willow-clump. In about half an 

 hour he knocked five large salmon out of the 

 water. With a single stroke of his fore paw each 

 fish was flung on the shore, fifteen or twenty 

 feet away. He made only one miss. These 

 salmon weighed between five and twenty 

 pounds each. 



One autumn day, along the timber-line in the 

 Rocky Mountains, wild folk were feeding on 

 the last of the season's berries. Birds were pres- 

 ent in such numbers that it appeared like a 

 cosmopolitan bird picnic. There were flocks 

 of grouse and robins, numerous jays and camp- 

 birds; and noisiest and liveliest of all were the 

 Clarke crows. I watched the scene from the top 

 of a tall spruce. This annual autumn feast is 

 common to both bears and birds. In this region, 



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