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to accomplish any desired end through gentleness 

 and by appeal to the animal's interest and loy- 

 alty. Force and torture, which so often are the 

 chief equipment of animal-trainers, had no place 

 in his methods. 



The story of Ben Franklin and his bringing-up 

 by Adams gives an excellent view of a real grizzly 

 and an excellent master. Adams took Ben Franklin 

 from a den when he was a tiny blind cub. At first 

 he was fed on a mixture of water, flour, and sugar, 

 and then Adams persuaded a greyhound which 

 was nursing a puppy, Rambler, to suckle Ben. Ben, 

 while nursing, was made to wear buckskin mittens 

 to prevent his scratching his foster-mother. Ben 

 and Rambler became lifelong companions, and 

 when not asleep spent most of their time playing 

 and tussling with each other. 



Sometimes, when traveling through the moun- 

 tains with them when they were still small, Adams 

 would take them out of the wagon and allow them 

 to play together. They chased each other over the 

 grass or had merry races after rabbits, squirrels, or 

 prairie-dogs. When older, they enjoyed traveling 

 all day together on foot. On a number of occasions 

 it was necessary for Ben to wear buckskin mocca- 



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