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agile, strikes like lightning with his fore paws, 

 and, when fighting in close quarters, is anything 

 but slow. The life of a grizzly appears to be 

 from fifteen to forty years. 



In only a few localities is there any close sea- 

 son to protect him. Outside the National Parks 

 and a few game preserves he is without refuge 

 from the hunter throughout the year. It is not 

 surprising that over the greater portion of his 

 old territory he rarely is seen. He is, indeed, 

 rapidly verging on extermination. The lion and 

 the tiger are often rapacious, cruel, sneaking, 

 bloodthirsty, and cowardly, and it may be bet- 

 ter for other wild folk if they are exterminated; 

 but the grizzly deserves a better fate. He is an 

 animal of high type; and for strength, mental- 

 ity, alertness, prowess, superiority, and sheer 

 force of character he is the king of the wilder- 

 ness. It is unfortunate that the Fates have con- 

 spired to end the reign of this royal monarch. 

 How dull will be the forest primeval without the 

 grizzly bear! Much of the spell of the wilder- 

 ness will be gone. 



