BEARS. 



GROUP OF BEARS (ISABELLA.) 



BEARS. 



THE BEARS and their allies form a family which is small in point of numbers, but is 

 a very conspicuous one on account of the large size of the greater number of its members, 

 and the curious habits of the entire family of the Ursidae, as these creatures are learn- 

 edly named, from the Latin word ursus, which signifies a Bear. 



