'He tells of trying to land on a log lying against the lake shore and of discovering, suddenly, that it was an immense fish.' "'Since I learned that I was to meet you I have been reading a book entitled _The Animals of North America_,' said Mrs.Biggars.

'I have learned that bears often climb after and above the hunter and double themselves up and fall toward him, knocking him out of the tree.

Have you seen it done ?' "'I think it was never done outside a book,' I answered.

'I never saw a bear that was not running away from me.

They hate the look of a man.' "Mrs.Biggars was filled with astonishment and went on: 'The author tells of an animal on the borders of Canada that resembles a horse.