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remarkably lean ; when in good condition he would doubtless much exceed 
in weight the estimate I have given.” 
At p. 68, Townsend says : “ In the afternoon one of our men had a 
somewhat perilous adventure with a Grizzly Bear. He saw the animal 
crouching his huge frame in some willows which skirted the river, and 
approaching him on horseback to within twenty yards, fired upon him. 
The Bear was only slightly wounded by the shot, and with a fierce growl 
of angry malignity, rushed from his cover, and gave chase. The horse 
happened to be a slow one, and for the distance of half a mile the race was 
hard contested, the Bear frequently approaching so near the terrified 
animal as to snap at his heels, whilst the equally terrified rider, who had 
lost his hat at the start, used whip and spur with the most frantic diligence, 
frequently looking behind, from an influence which he could not resist, at 
his rugged and determined foe, and shrieking in an agony of fear, 1 shoot 
him ! shoot him !’ The man, who was one of the greenhorns, happened to 
be about a mile behind the main body, either from the indolence of his 
horse or his own carelessness ; but as he approached the party in his 
desperate flight, and his lugubrious cries reached the ears of the men in 
front, about a dozen of them rode to his assistance, and soon succeeded in 
diverting the attention of his pertinacious foe. After he had received the 
contents of all the guns, he fell, and was soon despatched. The man rode 
in among his fellows, pale and haggard from overwrought feelings, and 
was probably effectually cured of a propensity for meddling with Grizzly 
Bears.” 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
The Grizzly Bear has been found as far north as about latitude 61°. It 
is an inhabitant of the western and northwestern portions of North 
America, is most frequently met with in hilly and woody districts, and 
(east of the Rocky Mountains) along the edges of the Upper Missouri and 
Upper Mississippi rivers, and their tributaries. On the west coast it is 
found rather numerously in California, generally keeping among the oaks 
and pines, on the acorns and cones of which it feeds with avidity. 
The Grizzly Bear does not appear to have been seen in eastern Texas 
or the southern parts of New Mexico, and as far as we have heard has not 
been discovered in Lower California. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
To Lewis and Clark we are indebted for the first authentic account of 
the difference between this species and the Black Bear of America, 
