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Canyon
247.
Ompson
Yellowstone,
July 4-5, 1932.
The canyon bear feeding ground was visited between 8 & 9:00 PM. Seventeen grizzlies had been to the platform during the evening. Between 5 & 8 were visible most of the time we were present. The ranger on duty said that 3 sets of grizzly triplets had been coming in repeatedly, & [illegible] 2 sets of twins.
The Canyon station is of the most picturesque & natural of the three. It also seems the safest. Bear trails enter the arena from several directions. Each trail has a line of grass growing in the middle between the 7 foot depressions. The trails branch & cross each other considerably, but in the main seems to lead back a mile into 'the forest' before disappearing. We are under the impression that each bear or family comes & goes along the same trail each time. Further investigation will be necessary to test this.
The following morning we visited incinerator, all developments at camp & hiked a couple of hours behind bear feeding station. No bears seen back in woods. But 5 grizzly blackes were seen along roads of distant camps.
From 7-8:30 AM of July 5th, I watched