food never before seen; and they will sometimes 

 dig down for a hidden root of a kind that their 

 parents ate but which they themselves had never 

 seen. In these cases of digging, they either dug 

 at the right place from scent, or from inherited 

 memory of place. There was nothing on the sur- 

 face to indicate the presence of buried roots be- 

 neath. 



The young of most animals, wild or tame, make 

 interesting pets. But of all the pets I have known, 

 none equal grizzly cubs for energy, alertness, and 

 individuality. They take naturally to new, un- 

 natural environments. A grizzly cub learns speed- 

 ily and from the first tries to know everything 

 around him. So all-knowing are his senses and his 

 instincts that the approach of anything new at 

 once attracts him; he stops play and with rare 

 curiosity and concentration tries to understand it. 

 If he solve the mystery he promptly continues 

 play at the point where he left it. 



"Baby Sylvester" is a celebrated bear story by 

 Bret Harte that characteristically and humorously 

 describes a bear in new environments. This little 

 bear lost none of his native energy, alertness, and 

 versatility under changed and unexacting condi- 

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