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back and fetch another box. Then Caesar was 

 led out of the shed by one ear, walked calmly 

 into the wooden ease, and journeyed to the 

 Park, which has since been his home. 



He seemed a little puzzled by his relatives 

 at first and did not understand their rough 

 way of handling him. It was feared for a 

 while that the other bears would kill him in 

 their fights. But one morning when another 

 bear presumed to give Caesar a little reproof 

 in the shape of a knock down, Caesar sud- 

 denly gave a growl, went for the other bear, 

 and taught him such a lesson that he did not 

 forget it. The rest of the bears seemed duly 

 impressed, and the keepers then knew there 

 was no need to trouble about him. He has 

 always been considered one of the most good 

 tempered and amiable bears in the Park, and 

 yet one day when his keeper was cleaning 

 out his cage, Caesar suddenly went behind 

 him and, without the slightest provocation, bit 

 him in the neck ! 



The most interesting bear at present, how- 

 ever, in the New York Zoological Park is 



