XVII. 

 THE BEAR "MONARCH." 



HOW HE WAS CAPTURED. 



Much having been said about bears of 

 late, a young Californian of great fortune 

 and enterprise resolved to set some ques- 

 tions at rest, and, quite regardless of cost 

 or consequences, sent into the mountains 

 for a live grizzly. The details of his cap- 

 ture, the plain story of the long, wild quest, 

 the courage, the cunning, the final submis- 

 sion of the monster, and then the last bul- 

 letin about his health, habits and all that, 

 make so instructive and pleasing a narra- 

 tive that I have asked for permission to 

 add it to my own stories. The bear de- 

 scribed is at present in our San Francisco 

 Zoo, a fine and greatly admired monarch. 



"Are there any true grizzly bears in Cali- 

 fornia?" 



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