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piebald color is not uncommon in some sections of the 

 country. 



The cinnamon bear is thought by many persons to be 

 larger and fiercer than the black; but such is not my ex- 

 perience, for the largest one of the former that I saw killed 

 did not exceed five hundred pounds in weight, and I knew 

 several of the black variety found in Alaska to turn the 

 scales at six hundred pounds. Some hunters in the Rocky 

 Mountain region call the grizzly the cinnamon bear when 

 its pelage becomes somewhat light in hue at certain sea- 

 sons; but it is not generally called so, as it is an easy 



BLAOK HEAR. 



matter to distinguish between both species. The com- 

 mon cinnamon variety is not, in my opinion, any more in- 

 clined to be fierce than the black, and I have yet to see 

 the first man who has been attacked by it without provo- 

 cation. A further proof of the three varieties being one 

 species may be deduced from the fact that their claws are 

 of the same form and length, that their fur is of the same 

 texture and length under the same circumstances, and that 

 the flesh of one tastes exactly like that of the other, all 

 things being equal. I have been explicit in making these 

 statements, because some writers, and even some experi- 



