Outing . SKULL OF ALASKAN BROWN BEAR, SHOW-ING RELATIVE SMALLNESS OF BROWN BEAR FROM COOK S INLET, ALASKA, SHOWING GREATSTRENGTH OF JAWS AND TEETH. above a deep pool. The salmon gatherin large schools in the deep water, anda few at a time attempt the passage ofthe shallows. They will wriggle overriffles where there is scarcely enoughwater to cover the pebbles, and as theythresh their way upward the waitingbear tosses them to the bank with aquick stroke of his curved claws. I havewatched a bear during her fishing opera-tions, but I was unable to approachclose enough to follow her moveme
Outing . SKULL OF ALASKAN BROWN BEAR, SHOW-ING RELATIVE SMALLNESS OF BROWN BEAR FROM COOK S INLET, ALASKA, SHOWING GREATSTRENGTH OF JAWS AND TEETH. above a deep pool. The salmon gatherin large schools in the deep water, anda few at a time attempt the passage ofthe shallows. They will wriggle overriffles where there is scarcely enoughwater to cover the pebbles, and as theythresh their way upward the waitingbear tosses them to the bank with aquick stroke of his curved claws. I havewatched a bear during her fishing opera-tions, but I was unable to approachclose enough to follow her movementsclearly. An examination of the spotlater showed that she had seated herselfin the shallows and waited patientlyfor the salmon to come to her. Salmon are often trapped in pools bythe falling of the water, and they canbe seen moving through the clear pools advertise themselves to thefour winds by their strong fish smell,and usually there is a well-beaten beartrail around the pool, although I haverarely seen evidences of salmon havingbeen caught by bears under
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