Rossiter W. Raymond 



horses. Tying the heads of our five 

 animals together (for there was n't a 

 bush big enough to hitch them to), 

 we followed the huge, human-looking 

 tracks down one ravine and up an- 

 other on foot, each with rifle in hand, 

 and King in the lead. (There was a 

 pretended, but not thoroughly heart- 

 felt, emulation to occupy this place !) 

 Not only were we constantly turning 

 sharp corners, but the trail would run 

 into caves made by changes in the 

 course of the dry stream-bed, which 

 would continue for some distance 

 under a bend in the wall of a gully. 

 The bear evidently ran into many of 

 these caves, passing out of each at 

 the other end. Finally, four hours 

 after starting, we had run him to 

 ground. We had found a cave with 

 his track going in at one end and 

 not coming out at the other ; and, 

 by putting our ears against the bank, 

 we could hear his labored breathing. 

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