Excerpt from Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California: Illustrated With Over One Hundred Engravings; A Tourist's Guide to the Yo-Semite Valley For a day or two he allowed the matter to rest - submitting, with chuckling satisfaction, to the occasional jocular allusions to his big tree yarn, and continued his hunting as formerly. On the Sunday morning following, he went out early as usual, and returned in haste, evidently excited by some event. Boys, he exclaimed, I have killed the largest grizzly bear that I ever saw in my life. While I am getting a little something to eat, you make preparations to bring him in. All had better go that can possibly be Spared, as their assistance will certainly be needed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.