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FOREST AND STREAM 
185 
A camp on the Clearwater 
I was surprised that the beaver would 
sound an alarm on our account as we 
were so far away. It was fully three 
hundred yards across the river and I did 
not think the beaver could see us. I 
trained my glass on the opposite shore 
and saw a bear standing on a cut bank 
intently watching the water, and proba- 
bly the beaver. 
We immediately dropped down the 
river and crossed below the bear. I of- 
fered to help paddle up stream to the 
bear for the current was quite swift and 
I was in a hurry but my friend refused, 
fearng that I would make a noise and 
preferring that I be on watch with the 
rifle. He had a job of paddling against 
the current as it ran in and out among 
some bad snags and log jambs, but he 
negotiated it quite skilfully and so noise- 
lessly that we overtook the bear and 
slipped up on him just as Tie was lying 
down on the top of the bank. He had 
already partly curled down, and the top 
of his back was towards me. A bullet 
between his shoulders brought him to his 
feet growling and facing us and another 
into the center of his breast turned him 
from us. We could not see him fall, but 
at the second shot he staggered out of 
sight behind the top of the bank and we 
heard him fall. The death groan fol- 
lowed and my companion said it was safe 
to advance. We did, with Conover in the 
lead, and found the bear quite dead. A 
typical grizzly, but very light colored. 
His fur was badly rubbed. His claws 
and teeth seemed unusually large. In 
short, he was a real mean looking crea- 
ture even in death. We estimated he 
would weigh about five hundred pounds. 
We did not skin him that night but fin- 
ished our search for beaver and retired 
pretty well tired out about ten-thirty. 
The next morning my companion was up 
and away about five while I slept off a 
headache. He returned about eight with 
the bear hide and head and we were soon 
packed up and a little later were pad- 
dling down the stream. 
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