BEAR. 
that, when pregnant, they are prodigiously^ 
fat ; and that, being clothed with very thick 
hair, sleeping the greatest part of the time, 
and remaining without motion,, they must: 
lose little by perspiration : but if it be true,., 
that the Males, pressed with hunger, go out 
in forty days; it is not natural to think, that: 
the Females, after bringing forth and suckling; 1 
their young, should feel less the want of food : : 
unless we suppose them to devour some of. 
their offspring, together with, the membranes, 
&c. which is by no means probable, notwith- 
standing the example, of the Cats, which*** 
sometimes eat their, young. Besides, I arm- 
here talking of the brown species only ; the 
Males of which devour the new-born cubs,.. 
when they discover them in their dens. The 
Females, on the contrary, seem to love their 
offspring with an astonishing ardour. After, 
they bring fcrtlv they, are more ferocious and 
more dangerous than the Males. They fight,. | 
and expose themselves to every peril, in orde$ 
to save their young: who are not unformecL 
for some time after birth,, as the ancients al- 
lodged, but grow nearly as quick as other 
animals.. They are perfectly formed in the ipf 
