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therefore still survives in such places as the forests of the 

 Adirondacks, the Catskills, in West Virginia, and the swamps 

 of the southern states. 



When properly treated, small Black Bears are good- 

 tempered and playful in captivity; and some are easily tamed, 

 and taught to perform tricks. Cubs are very interesting 

 when small, but by the time they are a year old, they become 

 so strong and troublesome, as well as dangerous, that private 

 owners nearly always are heartily glad to get rid of them. 

 Never buy' a Black Bear cub in the belief that it can be kept 

 for amusement and resold at a profit; but if thine enemy 

 offend thee, present him with a Black Bear cub. 



The Black Bear is a timid animal, and always runs when 

 observed by man. It is a good climber, runs quite swiftly 

 when pursued, but in a rough-and-tumble fight it bawls, roars, 

 and coughs. 



The Glacier Bear, 1 found on the glaciers around Yaku- 

 tat Bay, near Mt. St. Elias, Alaska, is one of the recent dis- 

 coveries in the Northwest, but it is so clearly distinct as to 

 merit special notice. Thus far no living specimens have 

 found their way into zoological parks or gardens, and the 

 only mounted skin on exhibition is in the United States 

 National Museum. It is exactly reproduced in the accom- 

 panying illustration. 



The species is known to-day only by the specimen referred 

 to and by a few flat skins. As mounted it is only 24 inches 

 in height at the shoulders, and is one of the smallest species of 

 bears in North America. Its color is a peculiar bluish gray, 



1 Ur'sus cm'mons-i. 



