Old Ephraim, the Grisly Bear 65 



of the bushes with a rush, probably bent mere- 

 ly on seizing the calf ; and had slowed up when 

 the cow instead of flying faced him. He had 

 then begun to walk round his expected dinner 

 in a circle, the cow fronting him and moving 

 nervously back and forth, so that her sharp 

 hoofs cut and trampled the ground. Finally 

 she had charged savagely; whereupon the 

 bear had bolted; and, whether frightened at 

 the charge, or at the approach of some one, 

 he had not returned. 



The grisly is even fonder of sheep and pigs 

 than is its smaller black brother. Lurking 

 round the settler's house until after nightfall, 

 it will vault into the fold or sty, grasp a help- 

 less, bleating fleece-bearer, or a shrieking, 

 struggling member of the bristly brotherhood, 

 and bundle it out over the fence to its death. 

 In carrying its prey a bear sometimes holds 

 the body in its teeth, walking along on all- 

 fours and dragging it as a wolf does. Some- 

 times, however, it seizes an animal in its fore- 

 arms or in one of them, and walks awkwardly 

 on three legs or two, adopting this method in 

 lifting and pushing the body over rocks and 

 down timber. 



When a grisly can get at domestic animals 

 it rarely seeks to molest game, the former 



