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back of the middle of the body. There are 

 numerous other means of distinguishing 

 this bear. His teeth are very much larger 

 and stronger than those of the others, and 

 the entire structure of the skull is peculiar 

 to the grizzly. He has neither the short 

 muzzle of the European bear such as you 

 see in the pit, nor the rounded muzzle of 

 the black bear. There are, of course, many 

 minor points that only a naturalist would 

 observe, but it is sufficient to say that he 

 lacks none of the essential qualities of the 

 grizzly bear, and has none of those of the 

 other varieties. 



"His coat is almost black, to be sure, but 

 it is very different from the glossy black 

 of his neighbor. If you observe the griz- 

 zly's hair, you will see that a great deal of 

 it is a rusty brown and in certain lights 

 seems to be very far from black. This vari- 

 ation in the color of the hair is a peculiar 

 characteristic of the grizzly. That lanky 

 mane is another. His legs, you observe, are 



