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but these are generally of the smaller and milder species, and but 
little of their training or domestication has been recorded. 
Those which have been exhibited in gardens or menageries, as 
a general rule, are merely held in confinement, and not in domes- 
tication, so that little can be learned from them of their adapta- 
bility to complete subjection to human control. This can only 
be learned by long-continued experiments and observations under 
favorable circumstances by those whose tastes and inclinations. 
fit them for the task. 
My attention was called to this subject by reading the “Adven- 
tures of James C. Adams,” who was a celebrated hunter of Cali- 
fornia, who seems to have had a genius for capturing and domes- 
ticating wild animals. Among others he fairly domesticated quite 
a number of the grizzly bear (Ursus ferox Lewis and Clark) with 
complete success. This is the largest and fiercest known of all the 
species, and it might be expected the most intractable or unsub- 
missive to human control, yet such appears not to have been the 
case, 
The first specimens experimented with were two cubs, over a 
year old when caught, taken in Washington Territory, between 
Lewis and Clark’s fork of the Columbia. They were brother and 
sister; the latter was retained by Adams, and his experiments 
Were principally conducted on her, which he called “ Lady Wash- 
ington.” She seems to have been the more tractable and submis- 
sive. The male he parted with to a friend, after he had received 
but the rudiments of his education. At first they were chained 
to trees near the camp-fire, and resisted all attempts at familiarity 
and kindness; then severity was adopted, until they finally 
submitted. 
Soon after the male was parted with, and we have no account 
of his subsequent career, The female was always after treated 3 
with the utmost kindness, and in a few months became as tracta- n: 
ble asa dog. She followed her master in his hunting excursions, 
fought for him with other grizzlies, and saved him from the 
greatest perils, a 
She slept at his feet around the camp-fire, and took the place ; 
Of a most vigilant watch-dog. He taught her to carry burdens a 
with the docility of a mule, and as she grew up her great strength oe 
enabled her to render him great assistance in this way- ee 
Another bear of the same species he captured in the Sierras se 
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