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and 4^ feet at the shoulder; his fore paws were 34 
inches in circumference, and had very long, sharp, 
and powerful nails ; his hair was beautifully thick, 
long, and white, and hung several inches over his 
feet. He was in very high condition, and produced 
nearly 400 lbs. of fat; his skin weighed upwards of 
100 lbs., and the entire carcase of the animal cannot 
have been less than 1600 lbs.” 
This weight is equivalent to a large - sized 
English cart-horse. I have seen one of the skins 
procured by Mr. Lamont, and I can readily appre¬ 
ciate his account of the weight. I have also seen 
a skin of a grizzly bear killed at Alaska by Sir 
Thomas Hesketh ; this was cured by Mr. Rowland 
Ward, who showed it to me at his establishment, 160 
Piccadilly, and it was very little inferior to the skin 
of the polar bear. I quite believe the accounts I 
have received in California are correct, and that the 
grizzly may sometimes exceed 1400 lbs. in weight. 
There is a considerable difference in size between 
the male and female, the former being superior. 
Like all other animals, the mother is particularly 
attached to her young, and when in company with 
them she is more than ordinarily ferocious, as she 
appears to suspect every stranger of some hostile 
intentions towards her offspring. 
The increase of population in many countries has 
resulted in the destruction of all animals that were 
considered dangerous to man ; thus the wolf and 
the bear have both disappeared from Great Britain, 
and they have become scarce in France. 
