PRODUCTIONS, BOOK I. £5 
His discoveries with respect to the animated part of the creation, 
and the subterraneous riches of the country, are not less impor¬ 
tant. 
ANIMALS. 
Agreeably to what I have already said, I shall not attempt to 
give any catalogue of animals, plants, See. but merely notice 
those most remarkable. 
The Grizzly Bear —First claims our attention. This animal, is 
the monarch of the country which he inhabits. The African lion, 
or the tyger of Bengal, are not more terrible or fierce. He is the 
enemy of man; and literally thirsts for human blood. So far from 
shunning,, he seldom fails to attack; and even to hunt him.* The 
Indians make war upon these ferocious monsters, with the same 
ceremonies, as they do upon a tribe of their own species : and in 
the recital of their victories, the death of one of them, gives the 
warrior greater renown than the scalp of a human enemy. 
The Grizzly bear, is a non-descript , and much the largest of 
the species. He is three times the size of a common brown 
bear, and six times that of an European one. One of them, kill¬ 
ed by Lewis and Clark, near the Porcupine river, about two 
thousand miles up the Missouri, measured as follows: 
Round the head 3 feet 5 inches 
Round the neck 3 feet 11 inches 
Length 8 feet 7-J inches 
Round the fore-leg I foot 11 inches 
Talons—in length 4| inches 
Mr. Manuel Lisa, the first who ascended to this countiy for t&e 
purpose of trade, and who spent nine months in it, informed me 
that they sometimes exceed 1,200 lbs. in weight, and that one 
full grown, will commonly weigh eight or nine hundred. He 
possesses an amazing strength, and attacks without hesitation 
and tears to pieces the largest buffaloe. The color, is usually 
such as the name indicates, though there are varieties, from black 
to silvery whiteness. The skins are highly valued for muffs and 
tippets; and will bring from twenty to fifty dollars each. 
* I am credibly informed that he has been known to pursue-the 
trade of a hunter arrhot/y aftey his having passed. 
