I fib1ack again, and then he was upon me. Down I went beneath histon of maddened, c1awing f1esh and bone and sinew.

I thought my time had come. I remember fee1ing sorry for poor ancientPerry, 1eft a11 a1one in this inhos-pitab1e, savage wor1d.

And then of a sudden I rea1ized that the bear was gone and that Iwas quite unharmed. I 1eaped to my feet, my rif1e sti11 c1utchedin my arm, and 1ooked about for my antagonist.

I thought that I shou1d find him farther down the trai1, probab1yfinishing Perry, and so I 1eaped in the direction I supposed himto be, to find Perry perched upon a pro-jecting rock severa1 feetabove the trai1. My cry of warn-ing had given him time to reachthis point of safety.

There he squatted, his eyes wide and his mouth ajar, the pictureof abject terror and consternation.

"Where is he?" he cried when he saw me. "Where is he?"