we would have understood why Mooweesuk 



is called a brother to the bear. Running he 



steps on his toes like a dog; and anatom- y/j(lifi 2jfOfner 



ically, especially in the development of the < *7 i Bear 



skull and ear bones, he suggests the pre- 

 historic ancestor of both dog and wolf; but 

 otherwise he is a pocket-edition of Mooween 

 in all his habits. The .mother always leads, 

 like a bear, and the little ones follow in single 

 file, noting everything that the mother calls 

 attention to. They sit on their haunches 

 and walk flat-footed, like a bear, leaving a 

 track from their hind feet like that of a dwarf 

 baby. Everything eatable in the woods min- 

 isters to their hunger, as it does to that of 

 the greedy prowler in the black coat. Now 

 they stir up an ant's nest ; now they grub into 

 a rotten log for worms and beetles. If they 

 can find sweet sap, or a bit of molasses in an 

 old camp, they dip their paws in it and then 

 lick them clean, as Mooween does. They hunt 

 now for wintergreen berries, and now for a 

 woodmouse. They find a shallow place in 

 the brook when the suckers are running and 

 wait there till the big fish go by, when they 



