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probably more intelligent and lively than the Indian variety. 
The Ursus euryspilus is again smaller, and the horseshoe on its 
chest is orange or rufous-coloured; and in both varieties the 
the claws are exceedingly long. Nothing a Bear relishes more 
than the larve of the White Ants, and to get at them he will 
demolish nest after nest, a work of great labour and of consider- 
able time. Whilst sucking out the nests, which are at the very 
bottom of the Ant-hills, the forcible inhalations can be heard a 
long way off; and I have, on three or four occasions, guessed at 
their whereabouts by this noise, and slain them. They are great 
adepts at climbing. I had two Bears, both blind; they were 
quite harmless and almost tame, but if frightened and they struck 
a tree they were up it in a second. One of them used to get into 
the coolest corner he could find. Major Edgar of the 69th was 
living with me, and the Bear one night got into his bathroom, 
and rolled himself up amongst the watering-pots (earthenware 
chatties). The major, as usual, came home very late from mess, 
and in the dark went into the lavatory and stepped upon Bruin, 
who immediately stood up and clasped the field officer,—who had 
little clothes on, and was as hairy almost as the Bear,—round 
the chest! I was in the next room, and for a second or two 
I could not move for laughing, whilst he shouted to me to 
extricate him. This I at last effected without any damage 
having been done; but Edgar was so irate that I had to give 
Bruin away. 
Tue ExepHant (lephas indicus). 
This most useful and generally docile animal when domesti- 
cated is employed in many ways. It is essential for Tiger hunting 
in the vast prairies covered with long grass in Bengal, Assam, 
and Burma. 
There are two varieties in the Kast: one, the Goondas, have 
large tusks; and the other, the Muchnas, which have none, or 
only rudimentary ones. Some naturalists assert that having 
tusks, or the contrary, is a freak of nature, like whiskers in a 
man; but the peculiarities which distinguish one male from the 
other also extend to the females. The Goondas have a broader 
expanse across the forehead, the bump between the eyes and the 
root of the trunk is more prominent, but the hollow between the 
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