24 ANIMALS OP NORTH AMERICA. 



painful and even dangerous symptoms, to those who have 

 partaken of them, a circumstance unknown in almost every 

 other animal ; for the liver of the black bear when dressed 

 on skewers, with alternate slices of fat (Kabob fashion) is 

 esteemed a luxury by hunters.. This fact was noticed by 

 Barentz, who nearly lost three sailors from eating it, and it 

 has since been verified by Capt. Ross. 



