was at least an average sized bear. The bears had come down from the upper timber line and were feeding on grass that grew in the open places and among the alders away up on the mountain side. We saw two huge ones one evening about 3 miles from camp but they were in a place that it would take at least ½ a day to get too. They could go with ease up snow slides where a man could not go at all. On the top of a mountain we found the heather all torn up where the bears had been digging out meadow mice the previous fall. The mice were abundant above timber line and we saw several scurrying about at mid day. We saw one miroto deliberately jump off the edge of a pool of water and dive for at least 6 feet. While swimming underwater the fore legs were held up against the body and short rapid strokes were made with the hind feet.