PREFACE 
N THE wilds, moving or standing, I was the 
I observed of all observers. Although the 
animals did not know I was coming, generally 
they were watching for me and observed me 
without showing themselves. 
As I sat on a log watching two black bears 
playing in a woods opening, a faint crack of a 
stick caused me to look behind. A flock of 
mountain sheep were watching me only a few 
steps distant. A little farther away a wildcat 
sat on a log, also watching me. There prob- 
ably were other watchers that I did not see. 
Animals use instinct and reason and also 
have curiosity—the desire to know. Many of 
the more wide-awake species do not run panic- 
stricken from the sight or the scent of man. 
When it is safe they linger to watch him. They 
also go forth seeking him. Their keen, auto- 
matic, constant senses detect him afar, and 
stealthily, sometimes for hours, they stalk, follow 
and watch him. 
In the wilderness the enthusiastic, pains- 
taking and skillful observer will see many wild 
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