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BEARS, AND BEAR-HUNTS, AND BEAR- 
DANCES, AND BEAR-FEASTS. 
BEAR-HUNTS AND BEAR=-DANCES IN LAPLAND.—BEAR- 
HUNTS AND BEAR-FEASTS IN NORTH AMERICA.— 
BLACK BEAR.= BROWN BEAR.— GRISLY BEAR.— 
WHITE BEAR.-——SLOTH BEAR.—BROWN BEARS FROM 
CALIFORNIA.—SUN BEARS. 
THE Society’s collection, living and dead, 
is rich in Bears; and the whole list of spe- 
cies of the Bear kind have qualities, and are 
connected with histories, which command 
much attention. The other day we spoke 
of Bears as they are treated by mankind in 
the semi-barbarous conditions of society ; 
and it may now be curious to look at them 
as connected with man in their pastoral and 
even hunter state. 
“The strength and agility of the Bear,” 
says Dr. Richardson, “ together with its te- 
nacity of life, render an attack upon it ha- 
