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Quadrupeds. 
THE GRISLY BEAR, (Ursus Ferox,) 
Which is also an inhabitant of North America, is a crea- 
ture of enormous size and strength ; a specimen has 
been measured and found to be nine feet in length ; and 
it is capable of carrying the carcass of a bison, weighing 
probably about a thousand pounds. His ferocity corre- 
sponds with his powers of destruction ; and he is alto- 
gether one of the most formidable of quadrupeds. 
THE BROWN EUROPEAN BEAR, (Ursus Arctos,) 
Is a native of the North of Europe, and also of the 
mountainous parts of the South of that continent. He 
is a great sleeper, and passes the whole winter in his 
