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Morning partly cloudy; rain dtirii^ the middle of the afternoon. 



April 30, 1914. 



Sungai Djarabajan, "LemMs". 



fh© hojB simlcened me bsforo daylight and after hurriedly aaking 



tea and eating a few Mb cults, get in the canoe i^th I but and go up 



stream and then ashore and follow up the trap line to find we had 



oaught only on© rat aM. on© aaall squirrel. froia the end of the 



line of traps I branched off and follo«'ed up sorne Wah-wahe which I 



heard in the distance; there were three of them, but after getting 



two of them with four shots, the third had escaped. I went back 



to the trapa aM as I only had two more shells and these loaded with 



number four shot, I sent Ibut vdth the %®cinens m& told him to 



bring me more shells. After he had gone I stood still for a few 



minutes and then began walking quietly along towards the end of the 



line of traps. About fifteen yards to the right of me I noticed a 



vine shake slightly, so I hesitated and watched, ei^ecting- to see a 



squirrel or Supaia, but instead I saw a fell gfcown bear. fhe under 



brush was pretty dense so I could not see the bear all the time; 



however, a moment later it came into view about ten j^rds away, 



swinging its head frora side to side and sniffing; I fted for its 



Shoulder but it did not drop but began thrashing about and growling, 



or rather howling in a terrible manner; at tfoie point I discovered 



that there were two bears, but I stood still, hoping "fii© one I had 



^ot would drop dead but it only continued growling, so I stood 



still. Shey were both sniffling about in the underbruBh but 



finally 1 found one of them coming my we^ so I fired, and as it 



kept omLr^ I started up the trail at full' speed and slipped and 



fell flat before I Jmd gone five 2?ards, but practically no tisB 



