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other will carefully avoid man and all his
works.

The predictions of an ursine invasion of
Mount Pinos were not fulfilled and when
it became clear that the few grizzlies in
the neighborhood were too timid and wary
to be caught, the expedition struck camp
and moved on, leaving the traps set for
luck.

Considerable annoyance was caused by a
discharged mule-packer, who carried away
tools required in trap building, and em-
bezzled quite a sum of money. The fellow
had attempted to impose upon the corre-
spondent by whittling out pine-bark mod-
els of bear’s feet, with which to make
tracks around the trap; and had proposed
various swindling jobs to others of the
party, explaining that the “Examiner was
rich and they might as well get a hack at
the money.” He had opened and read let-
ters intrusted to him for mailing, and had:
proved himself generally a faithless scam
and an unconscionable liar. A written de-