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over her Chickens, by which fhechcriiheththem 
exceedingly. 
6 . She is very fierce and cruel when flie hath 
young; therefore Selomen faith, is it better to 
meet 4 Bear ribbed of hex l^helfs than 4 fool in his 
felly. Era. ij. la. thus we find God fpeaking , 
Hof. 13. 8, / will meet them as a Btir that is be- 
reaved of her fVelpSy and will rend the caul of their 
hearts-, fo 2 Sam. 17. 8. We find that Davids coun- 
fellours were compared to Bears. 
7. They love to be in Caves and fecret places ; 
and if they can find none, they will make them- 
felves a hiding place with boughs of Trees, which 
they will place fo clofely together, that it will 
ihelter them from rain. 
8. They exceedingly love honey, and often- 
times do fmell out Bees in a hollow Tree by the 
fcent of the Honey-comhs, which they defire, 
pofllbly, not fo much out of love to the Honey , 
as to be ftung with Bees, which cures them of the 
Head-ac'h , a difeafe with which they are often 
troubled. 
9. It is very ftrange and wonderful to fee how 
they will climb a Tree, and with their paw will 
tear off the bark from the Tree where the Bees 
are. 
10. They will eat any thing; as Pears., Nuts, 
Plumbs, flefh ; yea, fome will eat Carrion : and 
i£ at any time they perceive that they have over- 
charged their ftomacks, they eat Pifmires, which 
caufeth them to vomit, which eafeth them ; they 
fre alfo very full of revenge, and if any one doth 
injure 
