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him into a fatal fever. If Superintendent 

 Ohnimus succeeds in his efforts to cure the 

 Monarch of his bruises and put him into 

 good condition, he will deserve great 

 credit, and the visitors are requested not to 

 make the task more difficult by worrying 

 the captive. No other zoological garden 

 in the world has a California grizzly, and 

 it would be a great loss to the menagerie to 

 be established in the Park if the Monarch 

 should die. 



It is not surprising that many people 

 cannot tell a grizzly bear, even when they 

 see one, as many zoologists even differ 

 widely in regard to the characteristics of 

 the king of bears. It is astonishing how 

 little is really known in regard to the griz 

 zly bear. Many text-books contain only a 

 general notice of the great animal, while 

 those naturalists who have written descrip 

 tions of him do by no means agree. This 

 is due to their lack of specimens. The 

 grizzly is so powerful and unyielding a 

 beast that but few have been captured 



