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had been intently observing his doings began to unearth 

 the deposit. Then he came back, drove them off, and 

 repaired damages. This happened several times, until the 

 bear flew into a violent passion, and while ramping around 

 after the manner of these beasts he got shot. The author 

 had a pony killed on one occasion, and the murderer buried 

 its remains in the most slovenly manner possible. 



These bears collect salmon during the spawning season 

 on the banks of streams. They also scoop them out of the 

 water with their claws, and dive after single fish. There 

 are no full accounts of the manner in which prey is taken 

 among these quadrupeds, but the creature's conformation 

 makes it impossible that any of the deer kind could be cap- 

 tured except by stratagem. A grizzly can make a rapid rush. 

 His lumbering, awkward gallop carries him forward so 

 rapidly that on rough ground a man would have to be very 

 fleet of foot to have any chance of escape. Colonel Mark- 

 ham states that the charge of an Indian hill bear is so 

 swift that it cannot be avoided, and it appears from all 

 accounts that so far as speed goes, at least for a short dis- 

 tance, the UrsidcE have in general been underrated. In 

 cover or upon open spaces, one of these bears always 

 rises up when its attention is attracted, and it does the 

 same if alarmed or angry, if wounded or intending to 

 attack. It does this in order to see more clearly ; for the 

 sight, although it is not positively defective, cannot com- 

 pare with that of many other species, and independently 

 of the advantage gained by elevation, its short neck cir- 

 cumscribes vision while the body is in a horizontal posi- 

 tion. The hearing is acute and the sense of smell highly 



