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the winter, and pass three or four months in a state of torpidity. 
In some southern latitudes, the hybernation is of shorter dura¬ 
tion, and ceases to occur when the mildness of the winter ena¬ 
bles them to procure food. They are fat when they enter their 
winter quarters, and much emaciated when they leave it in the 
spring. Indeed, this condition of fatness is so necessary, that 
when the supply of food is cut off, instead of retiring to winter 
quarters, they migrate southwardly to warmer regions. Hence 
great numbers are occasionally known to enter our territory 
from the North, composed entirely of lean males, or females not 
with young. 
“ The flesh of the bear is savory, but rather luscious, and 
tastes not unlike pork. It was once so common an article of 
food in New-York as to have given the name of Bear-market to 
one of the principal markets in the city. The female goes with 
young seven months, bringing forth two young in February or 
March. The oil sells for one dollar per pound, and the skin 
from four to twelve dollars, according to its value. 
“ A very large individual was shot on the Kaaterskill Moun¬ 
tains, Greene County, during the winter of 1839. It measured 
six feet and a half from the nose to the tip of the tail; and at 
the fore shoulders measured three feet two inches from the 
ground.”— DeKay’s Natural History of New- York. 
THE GRIZZLY BEAR. 
URSUS HORRIBILIS. 
Ursus Horribilis ; Say, Long’s Expedition to the Rocky Moun¬ 
tains, vol. ii. Ursus Cinereus; Desm. Mam. p. 164. Ursus 
Ferox; the Grizzly , White, Variegated and Brown Bear of 
Lewis and Clarke. 
“ This Bear, justly considered as the most dreadful and dan¬ 
gerous of North American quadrupeds, is the despotic and 
sanguinary monarch of the wilds over which he ranges. Gi 
