Mooweeyi the Bear. 205 



escape observation ; and there are undoubtedly many 

 queer ways of his yet to be discovered by some one 

 who, instead of trying to scare tlie life out of him by 

 a shout or a rifle-shot in the rare moments when he 

 shows himself, will ha\'e the patience to creep near, 

 and find out just what he is doing. Onlv in the 

 deepest wilderness is he natural and unconscious. 

 There he roams about, entircl}- alone for the most 

 part, supph-ing his numerous wants, and performing 

 droll capers with all the gra\it_\- of an owl, when he 

 thinks that not even Tookhees, the wood-mouse, is 

 looking. 



