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then and there or “ever after hold his peace.” It would appear that while yet 
young, the grizzly bear is a climber, but as his avoidupois increases, he finds 
the effort beyond his powers. The name was probably griesly at first, for the 
bear is most frequently of a dull-brown color, although some specimens of gray 
colored grizzlies have been found. The hair of the young bear is soft, as well 
as long and abundant. The animal walks with the roll of a tar, and swings 
its head from side to side like a Chinese manikin. The fore legs are specially 
muscular, and the extraordinarily long feet are armed with the most cruel 
claws, several inches in length and working separately. Its tail is ludicrously 
short, and its head large in proportion. It is really a king among beasts, as 
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these fear to approach it even when it is dead, and when alive it does not hesitate 
to attack and destroy the buffalo. It is tamable when young, very companionable 
and very amusing, but all this amiability disappears with increased age. Its 
strength is such that it can drag away the carcase of a full-grown buffalo, and 
as has been said, it is so much feared by other animals that not even the wolf 
or the coyote will dare to meddle with game which the grizzly may have slain 
and left, for the time, unguarded. 
The grizzly bear is said to be frightened by the scent of man, and if not 
irritated will usually retire. A baby grizzly was made a pet on shipboard, and 
among its other pranks, it deliberately took possession of the pilot’s bunk and 
refused to surrender it to its owner. It formed quite a friendship with a lame 
