of 



ished and in need of a home ; but so bitterly did 

 they resist my efforts that I barely succeeded 

 in taking them. Though hardly so large as a 

 collie when he is at his prettiest, they were nim- 

 ble athletes. 



At last I started home, the sack over my 

 shoulder, with these lively Ursus horribilis in the 

 bottom of it. Their final demonstration was 

 not needed to convince me of the extraordinary 

 power of their jaws. Nevertheless, while going 

 down a steep slope, one managed to bite into 

 my back through sack and clothes, so effectively 

 that I responded with a yell. Then I fastened 

 the sack at the end of a long pole, which I car- 

 ried across my shoulder, and I was able to travel 

 the remainder of the distance to my cabin with- 

 out another attack in the rear. 



Of course the youngsters did not need to be 

 taught to eat. I simply pushed their noses down 

 into a basin of milk, and the little red tongues at 

 once began to ply ; then raw eggs and bread were 

 dropped into the basin. There was no hesita- 

 tion between courses; they simply gobbled the 

 food as long as I kept it before them. 



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