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ally weighed was one that lived and died in the Lincoln Park 

 menagerie, Chicago, and was weighed by Mr. G. O. Shields. 

 Its weight was 1,153 pounds; yet when alive, western hunters 

 who saw it frankly admitted that it was larger than bears 

 killed by them which they "estimated" at 1,800 pounds! 

 Thus far the Rocky Mountains have not produced a wild 

 Grizzly actually weighing over 800 pounds, and the average 

 weight of the adult Grizzlies killed in the United States 

 during the last fifteen years has been between 500 and 600 

 pounds. 



In all parts of the United States save the Yellowstone 

 Park and the Clearwater Mountains of Idaho, the Grizzly is 

 now a rare animal, and so difficult to find that it is almost 

 useless to seek it this side of British Columbia. The long- 

 range, high-power rifles leave them, like other large mammals 

 of this continent, absolutely no chance for their lives, and in 

 a short time none will exist in the United States outside of 

 the Yellowstone Park and the zoological gardens. In the 

 wilds of Alaska, they may survive for perhaps a quarter of 

 a century longer. Unfortunately, the Grizzly loves to roam 

 over treeless mountains, on which his huge bulk makes him 

 conspicuous for miles, and invites the attacks of his enemies. 

 He loves water, swims well, and is a great traveller, but is 

 quite unable to climb trees. Like all other bears, he eats 

 nearly everything he can chew, and is very partial to berries 

 and fruit of all kinds. 



