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Canyon
300.
July 20.
Two 3 yr old brown bears were trapped
& shot today. Tom Stewart, student in
parasitology at Harvard autopsied
them. One had no parasites visible
in the intestine, stomach, heart nor
lungs. The other one had several
round worms in the mid intestine.
They were
Both bears were thin but had plenty
of food in the intestines & stomach.
No complaints came in today
from bears.
About 11:00 PM I drove through
the camp ground & housekeeping
cabin. One large brown bear with
2 small cubs (black) was prowling
around the camp. It was too
dark to follow her. Several people
were using flashlights to look
around their camps.
July 21, 1932
This morning from 6:30 to 7:15
I cruised the camp. Every party
had suffered minor property damage.
3 of them had hung their food
on a rope between 2 trees, & the
bears had broken the ropes in
every case. 3 food boxes had
been torn off hangers; one tent