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had been removed from the pit to the cage.
With very little forethought the cage was
built without a cover, and “Monarch” was
found one night making an attempt to es-
cape. He was prodded back with red-hot
irons. It was not possible to work about
the cage, and “Monarch” must be confined
in smaller quarters. A very small cage
was dropped into the enclosure; this had
a slide door and was to serve asatrap. I
believe the grizzly is the quickest of all ani-
mals. Six times a live chicken was fastened
in the small cage, and six times “Mon-
arch’s” long arm had literally “swiped”
that fowl. So quick was he that the slide
fell only as he was already safely crunching
its bones. At the seventh attempt he was
a little slow and was caught. After that
the iron workers placed the roof in posi-
tion. The trapping of the monster took
six days, and “Monarch” received only the
food he managed to get from the trap, and
that which my tender-hearted model was
feeding him (apples and candy) surrepti: