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fill his omraLs ; which shows that they are internally wild and in 

 plenty, and esteemed good and delicious food. The nyl-ghaiis 

 which have been brought to England, have been most, if not all 

 of them, received from Surat or Bombay ; and they seem to be 

 less uncommon in that part of India, than in Bengal ; which gives 

 room for a conjecture, that they may be indigenous perhaps in 

 the province of Guzarat, one of the most western and most con- 

 siderable of the Hindostan empire, lying to the northward of 

 Surat, and stretching away to the Indian ocean. 



CHAP. IX. 



THE BEAR. 



Of the Bear there are three different kinds, the Brown Bear 

 of the Alps, the Black Bear of North America, which is smal- 

 ler, and the great Greenland or White Bear. These, though 

 different in their forms, are no doubt of the game original, and 

 owe their chief variations to food and climate. They have all 

 the same habitudes, being equally carnivorous, treacherous, and 

 cruel. It has been said, indeed, that the black bear of America 

 rejects animal food •, but of the contrary I am certain, as I have 

 often seen the yoimg ones, which are brought over to London, 

 prefer flesh to every kind of vegetable aliment. 



The BROWN BEAR IS properly an inhabitant of the temperate 

 climates ; the black finds subsistence in the northern regions of 

 Europe and America ; while the great white bear takes refuge 

 in the most icy climates, and lives where scarcely any other ani- 

 mal can find subsistence. 



The brown bear^ is not only savage, but solitary ; he takes 

 refuge in the most unfrequented parts, and the most dangerous 



1 The animals of this kind, including the Racoon, Wolverene, Glutton, 

 (See p. 286 of this volume) and Badger, have six front teeth in each jaw ; 

 the two lateral ones of the lower jaw are longer than the rest, and lobed, 

 and are likewise furnished with smaller or secondary teeth at their internal 

 bases : the canine teeth are single ; there are five or six grinders on each 

 side : the first of which is placed close to the canine teeth : the tongue ia 

 smooth: the snout projecting; and the eyes furnished with a uictitant or 

 winking membrane. The soles of the feet are long, and extend to the heel ; 

 some use their fore paws iis hands, and tliey are all able, except the Grizzly 

 Bear, to climb trees in search of prey, or to a^oid an enemy. 



2 Buffon. 



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