LOOSE FANG, THE GRIZZLY 



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posite. side of the river,. with the glass; getting dark. Kitty had followed us 

 it was there next day when we were from the camp, so we tied her up und jr 

 moving, and we now "found that it had a big fir tree at the foot of the slide and 

 a small cub, which spoiled it, but as it left our blankets and food there. And it 

 seemed to be a grizzly we arranged to was quite dark when we got back, and 



there was no water ! Henry, who is a 

 stoic, proposed that we should do with- 

 out it, but I seemed to want tea worse 

 than anything in the world just then, 

 and swore by the great horn spoon I 

 was going to get it. So taking our small 

 "billy," that was coverless and would 

 hold less than half a gallon, I started 

 down the mountain. It was next to a 

 precipice for steepness and piled up 

 with fallen timber and thick under- 

 brush. 



I soon realized that all the water I 

 was likely to carry up in that "billy" 

 wouldn't do us much good, but I kept 

 on down, down, and at last reached the 

 bottom. It was absolutely dark, no star 

 or glimmer of light. To my joy, I came 

 upon a patch of snow. 1 piled my billy 

 up, turned my cap inside out, and more 



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cross at our next camp and come down 

 the other side. So we went up six or 

 nine miles and camped, and taking a 

 light blanket each and something to eat, 

 we left the dogs and horses, crossed the 

 river and, alter a long tramp through 

 timber and brush, came, towards even- 

 ing, to where we had seen the bear. 



We found she had worked up to the 

 head of the slide, where there were 

 some bluffs, and then crossed into the 

 timber and had no doubt left for an- 

 other slide. So we gave it up, as it was 



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than filled that ; finally arriving in camp 

 in triumph. We had tea. 



Next afternoon on our return to our 

 upper camp, we left our dogs a supply 

 of meat, and taking enough food for 



