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to fight bears or attempt to drive them
away, and the owners reckoned upon the
loss of several hundred sheep every sum-
mer.

Shortly before the first of July the camp
was moved to Seymore Spring, about two
miles from the mill, where good water and
feed were plenty, and search for bear sign
was continued. Every day some deep gorge
or rocky ravine was visited and thoroughly
hunted, and a deer was killed occasionally,
but no sign of bears was found until the
3d of July, when the tracks of a very large
grizzly were discovered crossing a ridge
between the Lockwood Valley and the Sey-
mour. The tracks were followed across the
Seymour Valley to a spur of the mountain
between the mill ravine and a deep canyon
to the westward.

Camp was moved to a green cienaga at
the head of the latter, which was chris-
tened Bear Canyon, and the building of a
trap was begun near the mouth—about
half a mile from camp. Three large pine