KATBRAI, m>rORT 
81 
BEAR. 
The Bear is not only a savage, but a soli- 
tary animal. He takes refuge m the most 
unfrequented parts, and the most dangerous 
precipices of uninhabited mountains. He 
makes his den in the most gloomy parts of 
the forest, in some cavern that has been 
hollowed by time, or in the hollow of some 
old enormous tree: thither he retires alone, 
and passes a part of the winter without pro- 
visions, or without even stirring abroad. 
Bears are of two kinds. The brown, or 
land-bear, inhabits the forests of the northern 
countries, while the frozen regions of Green- 
land contain a white kind, which is called the 
sea-bear. 
