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manner for a bear ; the poor fellow's friends 

 made a great outcry about it^ and went to 

 Gholab Sing, who dismissed them with the 

 consolatory speech of — "Why, the man is 

 dead, what can we do ?" 



Bears in the plains are not carnivorous, 

 I beheve, but in the hills they eat flesh, 

 whether fresh or putrid, whenever they meet 

 with it. In summer when the flocks are 

 taken to the higher pasture-grounds they 

 often kill sheep and goats, frequently, as 

 if in mere wantonness, destroying several 

 in a few minutes. When attacking the 

 flocks they seem with their wish for a 

 change of diet to throw off their natural 

 fear of mankind, being then often so daring, 

 as to require the united efforts of men and 

 dogs to drive them oft', which is sometimes 

 not effected until many sheep have been 

 converted into mutton. They do not attack 

 people unless molested or disturbed. The 

 female has cubs in April or May, generally 

 two, which if caught young are easily 

 tamed, following at the heels of their caj^tor 



