Quadrupeds. 



THE GEISLY BEAR, (Ursus Ferox,) 

 WHICH is also an inhabitant of North America, is a crea- 

 ture of enormous size and strength ; a specimen has 

 been measured and found to be nine feet in length ; and 

 it is capable of carrying the carcass of a bison, weighing 

 probably about a thousand pounds. His ferocity corre- 

 sponds with his powers of destruction; and he is alto- 

 gether one of the most formidable of quadrupeds. 



THE BROWN EUROPEAN BEAR, (Ursus Aretes,) 

 Is a native of the North of Europe, and also of the 

 mountainous parts of the South of that continent. He 

 is a great sleeper, and passes the whole winter in his 



