Good Hunting 



paring the bear's vast size, and his 

 formidable claws and teeth, with the 

 uses to which those claws and teeth are 

 normally put. At the end of the season 

 the claws, which are very long in spring, 

 sometimes become so much blunted as 

 to be tender, because the bear has worked 

 on hard ground digging roots and the 

 like. 



Bears often graze on the fresh tender 

 spring grass. Berries form their especial 

 delight, and they eat them so greedily 

 when, in season as to become inordinately 

 fat. Indeed, a bear in a berry -patch 

 frequently grows so absorbed in his work 

 as to lose his wariness, and as he makes 

 a good deal of noise himself in breaking 

 branches and gobbling down the fruit, 

 he is exposed to much danger from the 

 hunter. 



Besides roots and berries, the bear will 

 feed on any small living thing he en- 



