CARNIVORA. 
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many months before he was killed. Beside his 
uncommon bulk, his colour was purpurescent. Se- 
veral balls were found lodged within his skin. 
The race, in general, seems destined to inhabit 
those parts of the globe, in which Nature wears the 
most forbidding aspect to the generality of animated 
beings ; and even the common brown variety is found 
in the greatest numbers in the Arctic regions of in- 
hospitable Siberia. 
. There through the piny forest half absorpt. 
Rough tenant of these shades, the shapeless bear. 
With dangling ice all horrid, stalks forlorn : 
Slow-paced, and sourer as the storms increase. 
He makes his bed beneath th’ inclement drift. 
And with stern patience, scorning weak complaint. 
Hardens his heart against assailing want. 
THE BLACK BEAR. l’oURS NOIR. 
' Ursus Americanus, Pallas. 
This American species has the head flatter than 
the common bear; the fur black and smooth; the 
muzzle yellowish ; the little teeth, behind the canine, 
more numerous than in the common bear ; it has also 
spots, inclining to yellow, over the eyes, on the throat, 
and chest. It lives commonly on wild fruits, but 
frequently destroys the cultivated crops ; it will also 
take the fish on the sea-coast. 
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