THE BROWN BEAR. 
Ursus Arctos. Linn. 
Passing by an abrupt transition from the most typical 
group of the Carnivora to that which exhibits the 
essential characters of the order in their lowest state 
of developement, we next turn our attention to the 
Bears. In these animals, which we are enabled to 
connect with the Cats by the intervention of a series 
of modifications forming an almost unbroken chain, we 
find the raptorial character so greatly diminished as no 
longer to form a prominent feature in their organization, 
physical or moral. The teeth, and more especially the 
grinders, have lost their cutting edges and sharp points, 
and are very nearly reduced to the structure of the 
same organs in the Monkeys and other omnivorous 
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