XVII. 

 THE BEAR "MONARCH." 



HOW HE WAS CAPTURED. 



Much having been said about bears of 

 late, a young Californian of great fortune 

 and enterprise resolved to set some ques 

 tions at rest, and, quite regardless of cost 

 or consequences, sent into the mountains 

 for a live grizzly. The details of his cap 

 ture, the plain story of the long, wild quest, 

 the courage, the cunning, the final submis 

 sion of the monster, and then the last bul 

 letin about his health, habits and all that, 

 make so instructive and pleasing a narra 

 tive that I have asked for permission to 

 add it to my own stories. The bear de 

 scribed is at present in our San Francisco 

 Zoo, a fine and greatly admired monarch. 



"Are there any true grizzly bears in Cali 

 fornia?" 



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