Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

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the fall east of the mountains, and other game was
scarce. Often a party of hunters would be out for
dlays without finding any more meat than they needed
for their own subsistence.
The trappers are all hunters when in winter ren dezvous. On one of these hunting expeditions that
winter, the party consisted of Anderson and three
more hunters. They had been out more than a
week without killing anything of consequence, and
had ascended a mountain over frozen snow, hoping
to find some mountain sheep. As they clambered
along under a ledge of rocks, they came to a place
where there were impressions on the snow of grizzly
bear feet. On looking round they discovered an
opening in the rocks, revealing a cavern, into which
the tracks lead. (This, no doubt, was Candlemas
Day.) The bear had come out of its winter home,
made a short circle and returned. The hunters hes-
itated, knowing it was doubtful as to how it could
be secured. After a short consultation one proposed to go on the rock above and shoot him, if
any one would go in the cavern and drive it out.
" I'm your man," said Anderson.
"And I, too!" said another, while the third one declared himself as brave as the others and prepared
to follow.
On entering the cave, whlich was sixteen or twenty
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