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{he field of enterprise and research, yet unexplored, is widely expanded awl 

 requires the unremitted altention of profoundly learned men, further to develop 

 {he occult treasure of natural history . Under your auspices, and the learned 

 gentlemen associated with you, 1 trust public expectation will be fully realized 

 from the discoveries of" the Literary and Philosophical Society of New- York." 



Permit me, in concluding this letter, to renew to you the considerations of my 

 best esteem ; with a wish that the friendly intercourse which has so long and 

 sincerely existed between us, may continue until separated by that event 'which 

 awaits us all. 



Your very obedient and humble servant, 



SILVANUS MILLER 

 The honourable De Witt Clinton, 



President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York. 

 Nen>-York t October, 1814. 



NOTE 14. 



The white-brown, or grizzly bear, is of all colours ; from a brown to almost a 

 perfect white. It is much taller and longer than the common bear ; the belly 

 is more lank. It runs much swifter, and its claws, tusks, and head, are much 

 larger and longer, and it has- a large tuft on the back of its neck. One was shot 

 on Lewis and Clarke's expedition, which weighed between five and six hundred 

 pounds at least ; and measured eight feet seven inches and a half from the nose to 

 the extremity of the hind feet ; five feet ten inches round tlie breast ; three feet 

 eleven inches round the neck ; one foot eleven inches round the middle of the 

 fore leg; and his talons* five on each foot, were four inches and three eighths. 

 Its talons are much longer and more blunt than those of the common bear ; its 

 tail shorter; its hair longer, finer, and more abundant; its liver, lungs, and 

 heart, much larger, even iu proportion to its size ; the heart particularly, being 

 equal to that of a large OK ; its maw ten times larger ; its testicles pendent from 

 the belly, and in separate pouches, from two to four inches asunder ; whereas 

 hos of the black bear are situated back, between thf, thighs, like a dog's; its 

 track in the mud or sand has been seen sometimes eleven inches long, and 

 seven and a quarter wide, exclusive of the talons. It is principally carnivorous, 

 and will generally attack a man whenever it sees him. These animals are nu- 

 merous,, and their tenacity of life is wonderful. No wound except through the head 



