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after, especially that of the feet, which is in high request, 

 and the fat is a perfect bonne bouche for the savage hordes 

 of these countries. The chase of the Bear is accompanied 

 among the Indians with many superstitious observances, 

 which are minutely detailed by Father Charlevoix ; but an 

 account of them would be better adapted to illustrate the 

 history of uncivilized man, than that of the animal at 

 present in question. 



The Black Bear of America does not appear to possess 

 the same degree of docility and intelligence as the Brown 

 Bear of Europe. He does not minister like his congener to 

 the purposes of curiosity or amusement, and is never exhi- 

 bited dancing to the sound of the flageolet and tambourine. 

 M. F. Cuvier remarks, that among the different species of 

 Bears presented in the pits of the Parisian menagerie to 

 the curiosity and whims of the public, the Black Bears of 

 America seemed to profit the least by the education which 

 they might have thus received, and were found less to en- 

 gage the interest and attention of the spectators. They 

 attained, however to the comprehension of certain signs ; 

 they lay down, rose up, and turned to the right or left at 

 the word of command. But the Brown Bears did much 

 more ; and Monsieur Martin (of whom all Europe has heard) 

 has acquired no less celebrity by his intelligence and ad- 

 dress than by his cruelty. 



In the organs of sense, motion, and generation, these 

 Bears resemble the brown, as also in their gait and habit 

 of body. Their voice resembles groaning, more or less 

 violent according to the strength of their sensations. 



Among many adult individuals which the Baron observed, 

 two resembled each other entirely. They were male and 

 female ; the muzzle was a deep brown above, and a grayish 

 fawn colour at the sides. A small fawn-coloured spot was 

 in front of the eye ; all the rest was of a fine shining black. 

 A third, which died of illness, had the hair a little more 



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