198 BOOK OF A HUNDRED BEARS 



Park. There are many wonders up there; the 

 "petrified forest," of which Jim Bridger told being 

 the greatest. There is an amethyst mountain 

 where you may pick up many varieties of semi- 

 precious stones, and on the plateau is the Park 

 herd of buffalo. Formerly, they wandered at will 

 through the Park, but the danger from poachers 

 induced their segregation here, where they can be 

 guarded more effectually in the winter, the time 

 of danger. 



At first, I thought of sending Dudgeon while we 

 stayed at the camp and played bridge. It is an 

 easy day's drive to go and come. But the team 

 was tired and so, in sooth, were we. We gave it up 

 and turned our faces toward Mammoth Springs. 

 I would like to have taken Billy Bear with me, and 

 Chuck suggested that, if I would hang a dough- 

 nut behind the surrey, he would follow it clear 

 home. I suppose he would. These cold winter 

 days I am wondering where Billy is and what he 

 is doing. The snow is twenty feet deep up there, 

 and I suppose he is curled up in some hollow, 

 where the brush covers him thickly and the snow 

 keeps out the cold, taking his winter nap and 

 dreaming of doughnuts. 



