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FOREST AND STREAM 
Marcli, 1922 
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now almost out of sight in a little hol- 
low beyond a hill, so we followed at a 
lively clip. I jammed more cartridges 
in the gun as we ran. The bear was 
badly crippled but she made one more 
determined effort to get away and, not 
being able to walk, she rolled over and 
over for two hundred yards down hill 
until she reached an alder patch, where 
we at last discovered her thrashing about 
in the hushes. After firing a few shots 
into the thicket where we could but dimly 
discern her outline and after much care- 
ful peering about to decide whether she 
was dead, we went forward with guns 
poised ready for any emergency. But it 
was unnecessary. The hunt was over. 
THIS second bear was an adult female, 
light in color and a fine specimen. 
We measured and removed her pelt and 
then went back to our first bear. He was ' 
a mammoth beast, as large as an ox, ! 
ferocious-looking and with a paw so 
massive that it could smash a man to 
pulp with one blow. It required the 
combined efforts of three men to turn I 
him over. |j 
The following are the measurments of 
this, the largest bear killed on this ex- || 
pedition: j* 
Fcci Inches ;! 
Skull 1 6^ ;! 
Length of skin 10 6 !■ 
Height at shoulder 4 0 * | 
Width of fore paw (pad) . 4 
Length of hind foot 1 2 ^ 
Circumference of neck 
after skin had been re- 
moved 3 5 
End of nose to crotch 
measured in straight line 
along belly 7 10 
Circumference of c h e s t 
after skin had been re- i 
moved 5 7 j 
* Leg shoved up to standing position, 
f Measured between perpendicular 
points, not over rounded pad. j 
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The only larger bear collected and ! 
authentically recorded is the one that ; 
was killed by Captain Wagner on Bear | 
River, Alaska Peninsula, with a skull 
measurement of 1 foot 6^ inches, as 
recorded by Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 
"^HE hunt ended on June the third. 
Later we broke camp and boarded 
the “Rolfe” for the long trip back to | 
Cordova. A more successful hunt could | 
hardly have been expected. Seventeen | 
bears had been killed and it is gratify- 
ing to know that twelve of these are j 
for public exhibition. Live are to be ' 
mounted for the Oklahoma Museum ; 
and seven belong to the Brooklyn Mu- | 
seum. The others were retained as per- 
sonal trophies by Mr. Sykes, Dr. Chase ' 
and Mr. Hoffmeister. i* 
While the actual hunting was a grill- 
ing test and much hardship was endured, 
I shall always look back at the venture I 
as a great and wonderful experience. ' 
Happily for me the thrill did not end | 
at the death of these beasts but con- 
tinues in my work when I rebuild their ■ 
forms in taxidermy. 
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