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Richard Harlan, in his "Fauna Americana," pub- 

 lished in 1825, refers to the grizzly as Ursus cinereus, but 

 does nothing more than quote from his predecessors. 



The following year, however, in Godman's "Natural 

 History,*' we come upon an interesting document. The 

 author, after saying that the grizzly bear "slaughters in- 

 discriminately every creature whose speed or artifice is 

 not sufficient to place them beyond his reach," mentions 

 two grizzly bear cubs that had, some time before, been 

 kept alive in the menagerie of Peak's (afterward the 

 Philadelphia) Museum. "When first received, they were 

 quite small, but speedily gave indications of that ferocity 

 for which this species is so remarkable. As they increased 

 in size they became exceedingly dangerous, seizing and 

 tearing to pieces every animal they could lay hold of, and 

 expressing great eagerness to get at those accidentally 

 brought within sight of their cage by grasping the iron 

 bars with their paws and shaking them violently, to the 

 great terror of spectators, who felt insecure while witness- 

 ing such displays of their strength. In one instance an 

 unfortunate monkey was walking over the top of their 

 cage, when the end of the chain which hung from his 

 waist dropped through within reach of the bears; they 

 immediately seized it, dragged the screaming animal 

 through the narrow aperture, tore him limb from limb, 

 and devoured his mangled carcass almost instantaneously. 

 At another time a small monkey thrust his arm through 

 an opening in the bear cage to reach after some object; 

 one of them immediately seized him, and with a sudden 

 jerk tore the whole arm and shoulder-blade from the body 

 and devoured it before any one could interfere. They 



