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put on a little fat and they
had lost their chaffed, scragly
appearance and were becoming
deep and plump. When rolling
about in the parks in the sunshine
their hair seemed to leave a golden
sheen. The bear we accustomed to
do most of their fishing during the
night over the early morning or late
evening. They spent the middle of the
day, curled up in beds, on the ridges
where they could have a good look out
Hasselborg got his next bear
by tracking him up from the salmon
creek until he found him lying under
a large windfall, on the edge of a large
patch of windfalls. The trees had
grown up tall and straight and thick.
The ground was covered with old rotten
logs and dead sapling. When I saw
the bear first it just had its head over
a log watching him. It was about
75 yards uphill and the first shot,
which was intended to get him
between the eyes, struck the bone