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who was stationed at a lone fortress in Canada, amused
himself by taming a bear of this species. He taught him
‘to fetch and carry, to follow him like a dog, and to wait
patiently at meal times for his share. The bear accompanied
him when he returned to England, and became a great
avourite with the passengers and the ship’s company. Bruin,
however, especially attached himself to a little girl about
four years old, the daughter of one of the ladies on board,
who romped with him as she would with a dog. In one of
these games of play, he seized her with one fore-paw, and
with the other clambered and clung to the rigging, till he
lodged her and himself in the main-top, where, regardless
of her cries and the agony of her mother, he tried to
continue his romp. It would not do to pursue the pair, for
fear the bear should drop the child; and his master, knowing
how fond he was of sugar, had some mattresses placed
round the mast in case the child should fall, and then
strewed a quantity of sugar on the deck; he called Bruin,
and pointed to it, who, after a moment’s hesitation, came
down as he went up, bringing the child in safety. He was,
of course, deprived of his liberty during the rest of his voyage.”
The black bear is hunted for the sake of his skin, many
thousands of skins being sent to Europe every year.
The Grissly The Grizzly Bear is an enormous animal, accord-
Bear. ing to the measurement of Captains Lewis and
Clarke of one they killed, nine feet from nose to tail, though
they claim to have seen one of even larger size. It is said
to attain to a weight of 800 pounds. The fore-foot of
the animal already referred to exceeded nine inches in
length, the hind foot being eleven inches and three quar-
ters, exclusive of the talons, the breadth of the hind foot
being seven inches. The Grizzly does not climb trees, like
the brown and the black bear. He is ferocious when hungry,
and when attacked, and the female will die hard in the
defence of her young. Such is his strength that he can