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Dr. W. T. Hornaday knows the grizzly in the 

 wilds and has long and intimately known him in 

 the zoo. In "The American Natural History" Dr. 

 Hornaday has the following : — 



*' I have made many observations on the temper 

 of the Grizzly Bear, and am convinced that natu- 

 rally the disposition of this reputedly savage crea- 

 ture is rather peaceful and good-natured. At the 

 same time, however, no animal is more prompt to 

 resent an affront or injury, or punish an offender. 

 The Grizzly temper is defensive, not aggressive; 

 and unless the animal is cornered, or thinks he is 

 cornered, he always flees from man." 



The early explorers were warned by the Indians 

 that the grizzly was ''an awful and ferocious ani- 

 mal." All the early writers had the preconceived 

 belief that the grizzly was ferocious. Many of these 

 writers never saw a grizzly, but wrote down as fact 

 the erroneous conclusions of the Indians. The few 

 writers who did see a grizzly evidently judged him 

 largely from these preconceived ideas. Even Lewis 

 and Clark describe a number of the grizzly's ac- 

 tions and call him ferocious when the very ac- 

 tions which they describe simply show him as being 

 curious, interested, or, at worst, excited at their 



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