Outing . our hunger. A fat groundsquirrel well roasted makes a tooth-some meal, and we never let a chanceto catch one go by when we were in thehunting field. One day an Indian andI chased several squirrels into a smallrock pile. I did my best to frightenthem so that their chattering would be-tray their hiding places, but they wouldnot make a sound. Finally my compan-ion got down on his hands and knees,and placing his mouth close to a crackin the rocks, began to puff and blow likea rooting bear. An outburst of squirrellanguage followed his efforts, and wehad no difficulty in locating and eventu
Outing . our hunger. A fat groundsquirrel well roasted makes a tooth-some meal, and we never let a chanceto catch one go by when we were in thehunting field. One day an Indian andI chased several squirrels into a smallrock pile. I did my best to frightenthem so that their chattering would be-tray their hiding places, but they wouldnot make a sound. Finally my compan-ion got down on his hands and knees,and placing his mouth close to a crackin the rocks, began to puff and blow likea rooting bear. An outburst of squirrellanguage followed his efforts, and wehad no difficulty in locating and eventu-ally catching several squirrels. I haverepeated the same ruse successfully sev-eral times. On the Bering Sea coast the bearshave learned to plunder the seabirdrookeries. We fed the cub that wecaught with raw seagulls eggs in lieuof milk, and the little fellow thrivedon the diet. Egging was one of ourpleasantest pastimes. We would rowout to a rocky island in our dory, andthen each armed with a gunny sack. THE CUBS ARE BORN IN HIBERNATION AND GET THEIR FIRST TASTE OF THECOLD WORLD WITH THE COMING OF SPRING. 266 THE OUTING MAGAZINE
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