226 TRUE BEAR STORIES.

alive. There have not been individuals
enough of the species studied to admit of
their being fully generalized. Different
naturalists described the grizzly from the
single specimen that came within their
notice, and hence their various descriptions
are far apart. It is a fact that hardly two
of the animals taken are exactly alike in
color or habits. >

In order to definitely settle the question,
Prof. Walter E. Bryant, of the Acad-
emy of Sciences, was yesterday induced to
visit the bear. He has made the mammals
of the Pacific Coast his study for years, and
probably knows more than anyone else
about California bears.

He examined Monarch very carefully,
noted his every point, and then examined
just as carefully the other bears at the ,
gardens.

When he had completed his investiga-
tion and stood once more before Monarch’s
cage, he was asked:

“Well, what is he?”