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white fat making liim look very mucli like a man. Xo 

 animal kind I ever saw bears so near a rosemljlance. 



AThen he travels along he makes tracks with only the 

 fore part of his feet, but when he sits or stands, a full- 

 sized track with his hind feet may be seen, or when he is 

 walking upright. 



He is a great natural boxer, and it is not easy to hit 

 him W'ith a club or any such weapon, for lie defends him- 

 self like a well-trained pugilist, wliile a slap from his ugly 

 paw tells on man or beast. 



He is a great hand to fight dogs, sets himself up on end 

 and cuifs them right and left, one clip being enough to 

 make a cripple. 



The bear is A'ery fond of sweets, and will go any length 

 to rob bees of their honey. It is one of their curious 

 tricks to climb a tree where bees have stored their honey, 

 and gnaw them out. Their constant growling about the 

 bees' stings often shows their whereabouts to tlio hunter. 

 They also rob a bee-house vrhen they have a chance, and 

 they are often betrayed at the hog-pen by the squealing 

 of the hon^s. Xothiu^ suits them better than to find a 

 hog in a pen, and no one to oppose them. They will 

 cliinb in and out again, hog and all. They are very fond 

 of corn in the roasting-ear state, and it is not slow the 

 way they will sit up to a hill of corn and take the ears. 

 I have seen them in a field of wheat or oats standing on 

 their hind feet, and with their fore paws gathering the 

 grain to their mouths with great handiness. They are 



