104 Tlie Giizzly Bear, — Units Ferox^ 



supplied with food ; the oil obtained by liquifying it is a well known popular 

 remedy against baldness, as well as for rubbing stiff or rheumatic joints,. 

 The fat obtained from the paws is most highly prized, either because it i& 

 difficult to procure in any quantity or because it is really finer than that 

 procured from the iDody generally. It is very certain that few, or indeed 

 perhaps none of the animal oils are finer when properly prepared than that 

 of the bear, and hence in any case where the external application of oil is 

 thought proper, bears oil will be preferable to any other ; but that it 

 possesses many other virtues except those depending on its tenuity, we are 

 not prepared to admit. 



"The black bear, hke all the other species of this genus, is very 

 tenacious of life, and seldom falls unless shot through the brain or heart. 

 An experienced hunter never advances on a bear that has fallen without first 

 stopping to load his rifle, as the beast frequently recovei*s to a considerable 

 degree, and would then be a most dangerous adversary. The best place to 

 direct blows against the bear is his snout ; when struck elsewhere, his dense, 

 woolly, and thick hide, and robust muscles, render manual violence almost 

 entirely unavailing. In common with other species of bear, it endeavom^s to 

 suffocate its adversary by violently hugging and compressing its chest. It 

 is said that a man might end such a struggle in a few instants, if one hand 

 be sufficiently at liberty to grasp the thi'oat of the animal with the thumb 

 and fingers, externally, just at the root of the tongue, as a slight degree of 

 compression there will generally suffice to produce a spasm of the glottis 

 that wiU soon suffocate it beyond the power of offering resistance or doing 

 injury." 



The black bear has been found all over North America wherever there 

 are forests, except, perhaps, in California. There is a yellow bear in the 

 Southern States which appears to be considered the same species. 



ARTICLE XIV.— On the Grizzly Bear, {Ursus Ferox.) 



URSUS FEROX. 



Specific Characters. — Larger than the Black Bear; soles of feet 



and claws longer, and ears shorter than those af the Black 



Bear ; colour, dark brown, with the tips of the hair paler or 



white ; facial ovtline nearly straight. Inhabits the western 



side of North America, from the south-east corner of the 



continent to 61 *• of north latitude. 



(^FeroT) Latin, fierce or ferocious, This animal has also been called, bj 

 various authors, '' The Grizzly Bear," " White or Brown-grey Bear," *' Grey 

 Bear," " Ursus Honibilis," *' Ursus candescens ^'^ and " Ursus cinereics.'^ 



The Grizzly Bear is described as resembling the Norwegian variety of 

 the Brown Bear of Europe. The facial line from the nose to the forehead 

 is nearly straight, or not arched, like the corresponding feature of the 



