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Ari was out on the Alamo mountain one day and got treed by a big black bear " "A black bear on the Alamo?" interrupted Dad. "There ain't nothing but Grizzlies and Cinnamons over there. I was over there once " "Hold on, Dad, it's my turn yet. You never heard of a Grizzly climbing a tree, did you?" "Oh, well, if you've got to have your bear go up a tree, all right. We'll call it a black bear.
But Halley's soul began to pine for higher things, for bigger game than quail and duck. "Look here," he said to me one day, "this is all very well, you know, but why shouldn't we go after the deer amongst the hills? We've got some cartridges loaded with buckshot. And, my word! we might get a grizzly." "All right," I said, "I'm on, as far as deer are concerned, but hang your grizzlies.
Only weighed about three hundred, but you know what grizzlies is. 'Don't do it, says I, when he ups with his rifle. 'You only got that one shot, an' it's too dark to see the sights. "'Climb a tree, says he. I didn't climb no tree, but when that bear come down a-cussin' among the dawgs, an' only creased, I want to tell you I was sure hankerin' for a tree. It was some ruction.
Then he told more stories and pointed out the very localities where the incidents had occurred. "See that rocky peak over there? That's where the bears hole up in the winter. Network of caves, up there. King Solomon's the name the people that live here call it but it's down on the map as Grizzly Peak. Ain't any grizzlies, though black bear mostly. They're smaller and they ain't so fighty."
A type of country that is particularly suited for photographic work and bow hunting. "After several days' exploring we discovered that the bears were catching salmon in the streams and we were successful in photographing as many as seven grizzlies at once. We took pictures of the bears wading in the water looking for fish.
These old pioneers were strange people and died strange deaths. In our plans to capture grizzlies we took into consideration the proclivity of this beast to attack. We knew his speed was tremendous. He is able to catch a horse or a dog on the run. Therefore, it is useless for a man to try to run away from him. There is no such thing as being able to climb a tree if the animal is at close quarters.
This lichen, when boiled, turns to a gummy consistence something like sago. Hearne describes it as being remarkably good when used to thicken broth; but some other pioneers complained that it made them and their Indians seriously ill. This is also the country for bears. Some grizzlies still linger here. Their range at one time extended to near the Arctic circle.
Black bears are general; polars, in the north. Grizzlies have been traded at Fort Chimo in Ungava, but they are probably all killed out. The lynx is common wherever there are woods. There are two wolves, arctic and timber, the latter now rare in the south. The Labrador red fox is very common in the woods, and the "white," or arctic fox, in the barrens and further south on both coasts.
It was a tough fight and a close call and old Jim was laid up in his cabin for many a day afterward. A man from San Gabriel Canyon came into Los Angeles and told bear stories to the Professor and the Professor told them to other people. The main point of the man's tale was that he had found a den inhabited by two Grizzlies of great size and fierce aspect.
We see why he could display such admirable carriage in rough-riding and lassoing grizzlies, and yet seemed to possess such feeble military efficiency. We comprehend his generous hospitality coupled with his often narrow and suspicious cruelty. In fact, all the contrasts of his character and action begin to be clear.
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