800 AUDUBON THE NATURALIST. 
are very abundant. These beasts then feed 
upon them, tearing down the branches as far aa 
they can reach whilst standing in an upright 
posture. They in this manner get at wild 
plums, service berries, buffalo berries, and the 
seeds of a species of cornus or dog-wood which 
grows in the alluvial bottoms of the northwest. 
The grizzly bear is also in the habit of scratch- 
ing the gravelly earth on the sides of hills where 
the vegetable called “‘ pomme blanche” is known 
to grow, but the favourite food of these animals 
is the more savoury flesh of such beasts as are 
less powerful, fleet, or cunning than themselves. 
They have been known to seize a wounded 
buffalo, kill it, and partially bury it in the earth 
for future use, after having gorged themselves 
on the best parts of its flesh and lapped ap the 
warm blood. 
We have heard many adventures related, 
which ocgurred to hunters either when surprised 
by these bears, or when approaching them with 
the intention of shooting them. ‘A few of these 
accounts, which we believe are true, we will in. 
trodace: during a voyage (on board one of the 
steamers belonging to the American Fur Con 
pany) up the Missouri river, a large she-bear 
with two young was observed from the deck, 
and several gentlemen proposed to go ashore, 
kill the dam, and secure: her cubs. A small 
