THE STORY OF THE BEAR. 



I have met all kinds of bears in my travels through wild lands and some 

 species of bears I have met many times. I have met some in peace and some 

 in war. 



Bears are so unlike any other animal that they cannot be well described 

 by comparison. In many respects they are so unlike each other that they are 

 given special names according to the locality they inhabit. 



For instance, there is the brown bear of Europe and Asia, also found in 

 the Himalayas, where he has a much lighter coat; the black bear, with a 

 white stripe on his chest, and the snow bear that also inhabits the famous 

 Himalaya Mountains; the gigantic man-eating grizzly of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains and the mischievous and dangerous black bear of the same region; the 

 great white bear of the Polar regions; the spectacled bear of the Andes 

 Mountains in Peru; the funny little black bear of the Malay peninsula; the 

 ugly sloth bear of India, and the black and white bear of Thibet. 



THE BROWN BEAR. 



The brown bear is one of the largest species, furnished in winter with 

 long, thick, shaggy, and soft fur, beneath which is a thick and woolly under- 

 fur; the ears being of moderate size, and covered with long hair. The color 

 is generally some shade of brown, although subject to great variation. In 



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