182 DIVISION I. VEIMKBRAL ANIMALS. — CLASS I. JIAMMALIA. 



si<i'lit, and was gone aliout an liour, expecting, of course, that tlie cliild would 

 return to tlie house after playing a few moments. On returning home he 

 made inquiry about her of its mother, who said she had not seen her, 

 and sup[i<.ised ho had taken her along widi hiui. (Ju going to tiie .s[)ot 

 wliriv lie left her, he saw iuige hear tracks in the sand, and at once came to 

 the conclusion that the child had been carried ott' by the bear. 



The liunily inunediately made search through the forest, which was Ljrown 

 up to almost a jungle, rendering their search very slow. All day these 

 anxious parents searched for some trace of their child ; nor did they stop 

 when darkness came on, but remained in the woods, calling the lost one l)y 

 her n.amc. JMorning came, and their search was fruitless. A couple of gen- 

 tlemen looking !it land came to the house, and beimr informed of the cir- 

 cumstance, inunediately set out to help fuid her. The gentlemen wandered 

 about, and as tiii'y were passing a swampy spot where the undergrowth was 

 thick, they either called the child, or else they were talking loud, when one 

 of theiu heard her voice, lie then called her by name, and told her 

 to come out of the bushes. She replied that the bear would not let her. 

 The men then crc[it through the Iirush, and wlieu iii'ar the spot where she 

 and tiie bear were, they beard a splash in tiic water, which the child said 

 was the bear. On going to her, they found her standing upon a log, extend- 

 ing about half wav acr(_)ss the ri\cr. 



The bear had undcitakcn to cross the river on the log, and being closely 

 l)ursucd, Ici't the child and swam away. She had recei\'cd some scratches 

 about her face, arms, and legs, and her clothes were almost torn from her 

 body, hut tin; bear had not bitten her to hurt her, only the marks of his 

 tcctii being found on her back, \vherc, in taking hold of her clothes to carry 

 her, he had taken the flesh also. 



The little one says the bear would put her down occasionally to rest, and 

 would put his nose up t') her face, wlien she would slap him ; and then the 

 bear would bang his head by her side, and purr and rub against her like a 

 cat. The nu'n asked her if she was cdld in the night, and she told them the 

 old bear la\- di.iwn beside her, and put his " arms " around her, and kept her 

 warm, though she did not like his long hair. She was taken home to her 

 parents. 



The Cinnaniiin and Yellow Picnr are regarded \>y naturalists as varieties of 

 the f". Ainrfit-Kiins ; although Colonel Smith relates that hi: discovered a 

 Consideralile ditl'erence in character, both moral and mental, as well as physical. 

 The subjects he compared were a black, and ( 'arolina yellow, — the last men- 

 tioned lieiug nioi-e slender; less covered with fiu- : the plane of the nose 

 more coincx ; the muzzle more pointed ; and in intelligence more active ; tor 

 wdiile the black lay down in perfect apathy, and Colonel Smith's attention 



