216 GAME. 



never heard a more striking instance of presence of mind 

 and nerve. 



The female grizzly bears from one to three cubs each 

 year, producing them early in the spring. She has great 

 maternal affection (though sometimes her fears get the 

 better of it), and the young remain with her until they 

 separate to go into winter quarters. 



All bears are, I believe, omnivorous ; yet it is difficult 

 to understand how so huge an animal can become so 

 enormously fat on the scanty supply of food to be found 

 in the regions in which he prefers to live. He is an 

 indefatigable worker, turning over the logs and stones for 

 the larvae of beetles and other insects, tearing open ant hills, 

 and digging for roots, whilst he will travel long distances 

 for acorns, plums, cherries, and other wild fruits. 



THE CINNAMON BEAR 



is the compeer of the grizzly in ferocity, in tenacity of 

 life, and in everything but size, and the remarks on one 

 apply equally well to the other. 



THE BLACK BEAR. 



(Ursus Americanus.) 



This animal is well known, being found in almost all 

 portions of North America suited to his taste. He is by 

 no means a plains animal, but delights in mountains, 

 rocks, thickets, and damp, cool jungles, scarcely trusting 

 himself on the open prairie even to cross from one ravine 

 to another. He is not large, his weight at the very best 

 rarely exceeding 300 pounds. He is very shy and timid, 

 avoiding sight and pursuit in everyway ; and, though when 

 approached closely, he makes great bluster and show of 

 fight, he is really not more dangerous to the hunter than 

 would be a hog of the same size. It is difficult to find 



