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manner, he suddenly caught hold of his new 

 friend again, and this time began to shake 

 and wrestle with her. It was difficult to make 

 out as first what he really meant, but the 

 impression he gave was that, probably be- 

 cause he had been alone so long, he wanted a 

 good wrestling bout just for «xercise. But 

 when this wrestling got too rough and it was 

 seen that Snow had his teeth fastened deeply 

 in the young bear's throat, Mr. Hornaday 

 picked up a large board and pushing it in 

 against the bars, rammed the side of Snow 

 with all his might, helped by the others pres- 

 ent. 



But it made no more impression than a fly 

 on a wall, and Snow still held on. A few 

 minutes after when the onlookers stopped 

 prodding him, he dropped his companion of 

 his own accord, and meandered round his den 

 as if he had forgotten all about her ! It was 

 then seen that the young bear was bleeding 

 a little, and it was considered advisable to 

 separate them. But before this could be done, 

 Snow again caught the young bear by the 



