Western field . THEY RESENTED OUR INTRUSION. 16 WESTERN FIELD. 1 JUMPED A GRIZZLY/ and rifle in hand, luid gradually- eaten myway along a ridge of raspberry-bush-coveredrock overhanging a tliiclily wooded glade,when I again heard the rush of some heavyanimal below me. I cocked the rifle andpeered down through the bushes and an opening I saw a black bearsome sixty yards below, which, unfortu-nately for himself, undertook to stop for amoment and look up toward the noise thathad disturbed him. The opportunity was agood one. I fired directly at the center ofa black furry back, heard
Western field . THEY RESENTED OUR INTRUSION. 16 WESTERN FIELD. 1 JUMPED A GRIZZLY/ and rifle in hand, luid gradually- eaten myway along a ridge of raspberry-bush-coveredrock overhanging a tliiclily wooded glade,when I again heard the rush of some heavyanimal below me. I cocked the rifle andpeered down through the bushes and an opening I saw a black bearsome sixty yards below, which, unfortu-nately for himself, undertook to stop for amoment and look up toward the noise thathad disturbed him. The opportunity was agood one. I fired directly at the center ofa black furry back, heard a scuflle and amoan as the bear passed out of sight, andthen everything was quiet. I cautiouslymade m^^ way down to the cover below, and,equally cautiously, crawled through thebushes toward the spot where the bear waslast seen and found him stone dead. Hehappened to be the only black bear that weshot during the whole of our trip. Thisvariety is distinguished from the ordinary-range-grizzly by a smaller head and claws,a smaller body, a milder disposition, and
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