Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-29

with winding length OF several miles.
Giant cypress grew at the edge of the water
the singular cypress knees rising III every
direction round about, while at the bottoms
OF the trunks themselves were often cav
ernous hollows opening beneath the surface
OF water some Of them serving as dens Tor
aligators. There was a waxing moon, so
that the nights were as beautiful as the days.
From our new camp we hunted as stead
ilv as from the old We saw bear sign, but
not much Of it. and only one or two fresh
tracks. One day the hounds jumped bear,
probably yearling from the way it ran for
at this season yearling or a two-year-old
will run almost like a deer keeping 70 the
thick cane as long as it can and then boiling
across through the bushes of the ordinary
swamp land until it can reach another cane
break.
After three hours run this particular
animal managed to get clear away without
one OF the hunters ever seeing It, and It ran
until all Of the dogs were tired out A day
or two afterward one of the other members
OF the party shot small yearling-that Is,
a bear which would have been two years old
III the following February. 1t was very
lean, weighing but S. pounds The finely
chewed acorns in its stomach showed that
it was already beginning to find mast.
On the Track of Bruin.
We had seen the tracks OF an old she i'll
the neighborhood, and the next morning
NE started to hunt her out. / went with
Give Metealf We had been Joined over
night by Ichabod Osborn and his son
Tom, two Louisiana planters, With SIX or
eight hounds--or rather bear dogs. for IL
these packs most OF the animals are oil
mixed blood, and, as with all packs that are
used in the genuine hunting Of the wilder
ness. pedigree counts Tor nothing as com
pared with steadiness. courage and intelli-
gence There were only two OF the new
dogs that were really staunch bear dogs.
On reaching the cypress slough near
which the tracks OF the old she had beer
seen the day before, Give Metcaf and
separated from the others and rode off at q
lively pace between two of the canebrakes
After an hour or tWos wait we heard very
far off the noise of one OF the loudest
mouthed hounds, and instantly rode toware
it. until we could make out the babel Of The
pack Some hard gaoping brought us op
posite the point toward which they were
heading experienced hunters can Otter
tell the probable line OF bears flight, and The
spots at which it will break cover.
But on this occasion the bear SHE'D Of
from leaving The thick cane and doublet
back and soon the hounds were once NOR,
oft OF hearing. while we galloped desperate
" around the edge OF the cane. The tougl
Woods-horses keep their feet like cats A.
they leaped logs, plunged through bushes
and lodged i'll and out among the ire,
trunks and we had all we could do to pre-
vent the vines from lifting Us out Of tht
saddle, While the thorns tore ctr hands ant
faces IIither and thither we went now 4
a trot, now at a run, now stopping TO lister
for the pack Occasionally we could hea
the hounds and then off we would go racing
through the forest toward the point toHart
which we thought they were heading Fin
ally, after couple OF hours Of this, we cam
mp on one side OF a eanebralle on the othe