4 PREFACE. 



fork; but it is only when hungry and far 

 from home that he seriously molests us. 



The bear is a wise beast. This is, per- 

 haps, because he never says anything. Next 

 to the giraffe, which you may know never 

 makes any noise or note whatever, notwith- 

 standing the wonderful length of his throat, 

 the bear is the most noiseless of beasts. 

 With his nose to the ground all the time, 

 standing up only now and then to pull a 

 wild plum or pick a bunch of grapes, or 

 knock a man down if he must, he seems to 

 me like some weary old traveler that has 

 missed the right road of life and doesn't 

 quite know what to do with himself. Ah! 

 if he would only lift up his nose and look 

 about over this beautiful world, as the In- 

 dians say the grizzly bear was permitted to 

 do before he disobeyed and got into trouble, 

 an account of which you will find further on, 

 why, the bear might be less a bear. 



Stop here and reflect on how much there 

 is in keeping your face well lifted. The 

 pig with his snout to the ground will be 

 forever a pig; the bear will be a bear to 

 the end of his race, because he will not hold 

 up his head in the world; but the horse 

 look at the horse ! However, our business is 

 with the bear now. 



