July 17, 1909.] 
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Some Grizzlies Reverting to Former Ferocity. 
1 After all this is over and 1 am asked whether 
has changed my views as to the dangerous 
laracter of the grizzly bear, 1 modify them very 
lightly, and in this way: In.the early history 
f this country and during that period when 
te first explorers reached the Rocky Moun- 
ins, it is undeniable that many trappers and 
unters were killed, badly mauled, or forced to 
■at a hasty retreat when hunting this new kind 
1 hear, and one need only refer to the journals 
< Lewis and Clark for a verification of this. 
.Jt as time went on, with the marked improve- 
lent in firearms, these animals learned that man 
ns their only dangerous enemy, and when, later 
0, the few remaining grizzlies were regarded 
; one of the greatest trophies that could fall 
Ifore the rifle of a sportsman, the ferocity and 
cring of these animals disappeared and, gen¬ 
erally speaking, it is only in defense of their 
young or when wounded that they can be re¬ 
garded as at all dangerous in any locality where 
they are hunted. 
But now, perhaps, another exception must be 
noted, although really intimated in my original 
views, lhat portion of Yellowstone Park lying 
south of the lake has adjoining it an immense 
Federal forest reserve, in which the State of 
Wyoming has lately prohibited the killing of 
any wild animals at any time of the year. When 
we remember that Yellowstone Park was set 
aside in 1872. and that at no time previous there- 
an< 3 very little since—was it customary for 
hunters or trappers to approach the park line 
from the south, it is clear that we have here a 
large tract of mountainous country in which 
generations of grizzlies have been born, lived 
and died without coming in contact with the 
hunter s rifle, the steel trap and the deadfall. 
It may be true, therefore, that at the present 
time there are, in this particular district, grizzly 
bears which still possess that boldness, that lack 
of fear of man, which made them so formidable 
to. the early pioneers. It matters not whether 
this be so in the case of certain ill-tempered 
grizzlies that, pampered and unmolested, haunt 
the garbage piles where undue familiarity with 
man has made them dangerous, or, whether it 
be in the case of bears that have lost their dread 
of man through unfamiliarity with him, the 
dangers are the same. 
Hence, when one goes into this country with 
the intention of photographing grizzlies at short 
range in the daytime or by means of the flash¬ 
light at night, it may be wise that he should go well 
armed, rather than run the risk of an encounter 
which can only mean instant and terrible death. 
Vagaries of Forest Trees. 
HI.—Freaks of the Forest. 
On an island in a forest lake a young pine 
r: was found growing on a lime rock. As 
h: wind had swept the surface of the rock 
Im, there could be seen no more evidence of 
0' tree being rooted in the ground than there 
i;f a Christmas tree. At first sight it appeared 
1 the top of a large tree cut of? and stood 
[there, but there were no means of holding its 
cition. For a time we were puzzled to know 
'It held the tree in place. Close examination 
t:he base of the trunk revealed the marvel. 
r:he rock there was an orifice, such as might 
1 - been drilled for blasting, about three inches 
1 liameter, while the trunk of the tree at the 
ait of contact was four. In that hole the 
1 had taken root and grown until the stock 
>/e bulged over the top of the hole, completely 
xring it from view to one on a higher level, 
ere is a picture of two trees. The one on 
(right is a birch and that on the left is a hem- 
c. They measure nearly the same in diameter, 
> and a half feet. These began growth that 
frnce apart. As time increased their girths, 
ourse their circumferences approached. At 
nth the two touched. Still they enlarged, and 
<f necessity they continued to grow toward 
c other they have become conjoined solidly 
ia height of some three feet above the sur- 
c of the ground. 
1 m ore strange result of such a process of 
C’th is shown in the other picture. A spruce 
( e its abiding place in proximity to a pine 
‘ .dy established many years. Gradually the 
1 and spruce approached each other, but in 
'•'case the pine, being so much the larger, in- 
rorated the slender sapling within its own 
(inference. Eventually the spruce must die 
rack of room and freedom. 
^r are these freaks of arboreal nature con¬ 
fined to the forest proper. What country boy 
has not found in the orchard two boughs that, 
after having rubbed each other through the bark, 
have at length grown together solidly. In a 
front yard of a village home a young tree had 
in some way been bent double. When it re¬ 
sumed its upward growth, instead of righting it¬ 
self and continuing a hunchback development, 
for some unknown reason it came up on the 
other side, forming a complete circle with its 
trunk. Equally wonderful but wholly different 
PINE EMBRACING A SPRUCE. 
is the case of a tree which began growth on a 
stone ledge high up in a church tower in Utica, 
N. Y., and continued to grow in its old place 
until it had attained considerable size. 
George Haws Feltus. 
[to be concluded.] 
Warning to Zoologists, and Others. 
New York Zoological Park, July 8.— Editor 
Forest and Stream: Zoologists and geologists 
generally are warned that a clever swindler is 
making a canvass of the zoologists of New 
York, seeking money under false pretenses. He 
operates by claiming to be the “nephew” of 
some well-known scientist who is a personal 
friend of the intended victim; and the skill and 
thoroughness with which he prepares each case 
is fairly amazing. He knows thoroughly the 
scientific men of Washington, and especially 
those of the National Museum and the Cosmos 
Club. 
In person he is tall (about 5 feet 10 inches), 
neatly and cleanly dressed, smoothly shaven, and 
weighs about 170 pounds. He can instantly be 
recognized by his broad, flat face, small, shifty 
eyes set widely apart, wide mouth, flabby lips 
and a long conspicuous row of upper teeth, all 
of them very evenly discolored by tobacco. 
When attempting to work his game, he laughs 
nervously fully half the time that he is talking. 
If any intended victim of this man will hand 
him over to a policeman, I will very willingly 
arrange for witnesses to appear against him, for 
the purpose of landing him where he belongs. 
W. T. Hornaday. 
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chocolate it is much better than fresh cream. 
Tt enriches all milk dishes. — Adv. 
