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find them before a Mexican pack train, as 
it makes much less noise. In fact this is 
true of nearly all kinds of game that can 
be frightened off by the lung power of 
man. There are also many bears here, 
but we saw none, nor any fresh signs of 
them. It is said by those who ought to 
know that there are two kinds of bears in 
the Sierra Madre range, lying between 
Chihuahua and Sonora—the common 
black species, and a huge brown kind that 
must be, I think, the cinnamon or the 
grizzly bear, so common farther north. 
The Tarahumari natives hunt the deer in 
a very singular manner, but they leave 
the bears alone, as their weapons, the 
bows of mora wood, are not strong 
enough for such an uncertain encounter. 
The jaguar, or Mexican spotted panther, 
is known as far north as this, but 
