76 WILD BROTHER 
learned that eleven sheep had been killed in one 
night on a farm about five miles away from our 
camp. 
Bears are quite plentiful in some sections of 
Maine, especially in our region, which borders on 
the wild lands of New Brunswick. On our trips 
back into the woods, when we went some distance 
from the little settlement, we often saw their signs. 
They are very fond of the big black ants, which 
live in nests in rotten trees. Frequently one finds 
these ant-trees rent and torn asunder by the bears’ 
powerful claws. In the spring their big tracks may 
be seen along the margins of the waterways that 
connect the lakes. Here, where the sluggish suck- 
ers gather by the thousands at this season, to 
spawn, the bear comes in for a fare of fish. Here 
also he hunts for frogs, of which food he is very 
fond. 
To the lumbermen Bruin is a pest. He never 
hesitates to break into an unoccupied lumber- 
camp if any food has been left behind. In many of 
the camps, especially in New Brunswick, the sup- 
plies for the year’s operations have to be brought 
in on sleds during the previous winter, the only 
time when transportation over the rough trails is 
possible. During the summer the empty lumber- 
camps are sometimes used as storehouses — bear- 
houses, they are often called. In these places many 
