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pig, or chicken to a nit. When the male and female arc 

 caged toy-ether they indulge in the most unseemly family 

 quarrels, and fight viciously for the least morsel of food. The 

 former is a most ung-allant brute, and the embodiment of 

 selfishness. From what 1 have seen of its character I should 

 say that "bearishness" was a much more appropriate word for 

 expressing the lowest type of self-interest than that homely old 

 word " hoggish ness," for the su'ulw are exceedingly generous 

 compared to the grizzly. Its mode of living when wild is not 

 such as to arouse our sympathy either, as it preys on the most 

 wretched little creatures, such as ants, mice, rats, and squirrels, 

 and not content with destroying them, it devours their small 

 stores of nuts and roots. Like its black congener, it is also 

 fond of berries, honey, and the pomona, and will risk its lii'eto 

 obtain either. As few persons perhaps no one make a 

 business of hunting this animal, it is not often shot, as it is 

 only occasionally met with, and, in most cases, accidentally. 

 It is not, fortunately, very common, and as it avoids the haunts 

 of man it does not do much harm to the farmyard. 



Those who go out for a grizzly hunt make it a matter of 

 sport, if I except the Indians, and if they seek its abode it is 

 for the purpose of adorning themselves with its claws, and 

 boasting of their prowess. They catch it sometimes in pitfalls; 

 and the Sioux formerly chased it on horseback, when they found 

 it on open ground, and filled it with arrows or pierced it with 

 rude lances. The Mexicans of California formerly captured 

 it most deftly with lariats ; but to do this several were 

 required. Their first movement was to charge past it, if it 

 stood erect, and lasso its paws, and if successful in this, they 

 entangled it in their lariats, and used their active mustangs to 

 drag it to a convenient spot, where it was either killed or 

 safely penned up until it was wanted for a contest with a 

 fierce bull. These contests were once popular, and were the 

 great feature of holidays, but they are now becoming rarer, 

 owing to the advance of civilization and the interposition of 

 the law. 



For one man to kill a grizzly single-handed is no ordinary 

 event, owing to the quantity of lead it can carry, the prompti- 



