LUTHER BURBANK 



Brought to the salmon stream, however, there 

 was not an instant of delay; it glanced about, 

 located a natural point of vantage, straddled the 

 brook with its face down-stream, and bending 

 over, with upraised right paw, waited for the 

 salmon to come. 



It did, unhesitatingly, just what any normal 

 wild-raised bear would have done. 



With wonderful dexterity it was able to scoop 

 the onrushing salmon out of the stream and to 

 throw them in an even pile on the bank with a 

 single motion. 



As other bears would do, this domesticated 

 bruin stood over the stream until it had accumu- 

 lated a considerable pile of the salmon on the 

 bank. 



Going to this pile it quickly sorted over the 

 fish, making now two piles instead of one — with 

 all the male salmon in one pile, and all the female 

 salmon in the other. 



Then, with its sharp claw, it proceeded to split 

 open the female salmon and to extract the roe, 

 which it ate with relish. This consumed, it 

 finished its meal on the other meat of the fish. 



Untaught, it recognized salmon as food; dis- 

 tinguished males from females; knew the roe as 

 a delicacy. Unpracticed, it knew, instantly, just 

 how to fish for salmon and how to find the roe. 



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