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had been removed from the pit to the cage. 

 With very little forethought the cage was 

 built without a cover, and "Monarch" was 

 found one night making an attempt to es- 

 cape. He was prodded back with red-hot 

 irons. It was not possible to work about 

 the cage, and "Monarch" must be confined 

 in smaller quarters. A very small cage 

 was dropped into the enclosure; this had 

 a slide door and was to serve as a trap. I 

 believe the grizzly is the quickest of all ani- 

 mals. Six times a live chicken was fastened 

 in the small cage, and six times ^Mon- 

 arch's" long arm had literally "swiped* 

 that fowl. So quick was he that the slide 

 fell only as he was already safely crunching 

 its bones. At the seventh attempt he was 

 a little slow and was caught. After that 

 the iron workers placed the roof in posi- 

 tion. The trapping of the monster took 

 six days, and "Monarch" received only the 

 food he managed to get from the trap, and 

 that which my tender-hearfed model was 

 feeding him (apples and candy) surrepti 



