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learned so easily or took training so readily as 

 grizzly bear cubs. My experience, however, is 

 confined to five cubs. The loyalty of a dog to 

 his master is in every respect equaled by the 

 loyalty of a grizzly cub to his master. A grizzly, 

 young or old, is an exceedingly sensitive animal. 

 He is what may be called high-strung. He does 

 unto you as you do unto him. If you are inva- 

 riably kind, gentle, and playful, he always re- 

 sponds in the same manner; but tease him, and 

 he resents it. Punish him or treat him unfairly, 

 and he will become permanently cross and even 

 cruel. 



Grizzly bears show great variations in color. 

 Two grizzlies of a like shade are not common, 

 unless they are aged ones that have become 

 grizzled and whitish. Among their colors are 

 almost jet black, dark brown, buff, cinnamon, 

 gray, whitish, cream, and golden yellow. I have 

 no way of accounting for the irregularity of 

 color. This variation commonly shows in the 

 same litter of cubs; in fact it is the exception 

 and not the rule for cubs of the same litter to 

 be of one color. In the Bitter Root Mountains, 



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