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GRIZZLY BEAR. 
although the Grizzly Bear was mentioned a long time previously by La 
Hontan and others. 
De Witt Clinton, in a discourse before the New York Literary and 
Philosophical Society, was the next naturalist who clearly showed that 
this animal was specifically distinct from either the Polar or the common 
Bear. 
Lewis and Clarks name, Grizzly, translated into Fctox , has been 
generally adopted by naturalists to designate this species, and we have 
admitted it in our nomenclature of this work. We believe that the name 
proposed for it by Okd ( Ursus horribilis), and which SAy adopted, must, if 
we adhere to the rules by which naturalists should be guided in such 
matters, ultimately take the precedence. 
The difference between the Grizzly Bear and the Black may be easily 
detected. The soles of the feet of the former are longer, and the heel 
broader ; the claws are very long, whilst in the Black Bear they are quite 
short. The tail of the Grizzly Bear is shorter than that of the Black, and 
its body is larger, less clumsy and unwieldy, and its head flatter than the 
head of the latter. 
The Grizzly Bear makes enormous long tracks, and differs widely from 
the Black Bear in its habits, being very ferocious, and fearlessly attacking 
man. 
We think the average size and weight of this animal are much under- 
rated. We have no hesitation in stating that the largest specimens would 
weigh considerably over one thousand pounds. We have seen a skin of 
the common Black Bear, shot in the State of New York, the original 
owner of which was said to have weighed twelve hundred and odd pounds 
when killed ! 
