. I giovani Nimrod in Nord America : un libro per ragazzi. Orecchio d'Europa, la menzogna ha una folta pelliccia nera, e preferisce la verdura agli alimenti animali. Particolarmente affettuoso del miele, e di quasi tutte le bacche che crescono negli stati orientali e in Canada. Mangia anche mais verde, e a volte fa grande caos nei campi proprio come il mais sta maturando. Può salire l'albero con grande rapidità, e non è un buon piano per una persona perseguita da un orso infestato di salire su un albero, a condizione che l'orso sia nero.1 32 IL GIOVANE NIMRODS. Non gli altri orsi arrampicano gli alberi pure? uno dei ragazzi ha chiesto. Alcuni di Th

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. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . ear of Europe, lie has a thick, black fur, and prefers vegetable to animal food. He isparticularly fond of honey, and of nearly all the berries that grow in theEastern States and Canada. He also eats green corn, and sometimesmakes great havoc in the fields just as the corn is ripening. He can climba tree with great rapidity, and it is not a good plan for a person pursuedby an enraged bear to go up a tree, provided the bear is a black one.1 32 THE YOUNG NIMRODS. Dont the other bears climb trees as well? one of the boys inquired. Some of them can, the Doctor answered ; but not all. The griz-zly cannot do so, and he never tries; but when he has a man in a tree-top, he will wait for hours at the foot in hopes that he will come down. Oneof them kept me astride of a limb for nearly a whole day ; and perhaps hewould have remained all night if he had not been attracted away by anoise of an animal passing in the bushes not far off. The grizzly bear, he continued, is the most ferocious of all the. A PAIR OF GRIZZLIES. tribe, and he is also the largest, with a single exception. He is the sameto America as the Bengal tiger to Asia, or the lion to Africa; and hisscientific name is Ursus horribilis. His popular name comes from hiscolor, which is a mixture of white, brown, and black. The polar bear islarger than the grizzly, but not so ferocious. The latter rarely attackswithout provocation ; but when he is assailed, he pursues, and fights to ADVENTURE WITH A GRIZZLY IN CALIFORNIA. the last; and be will carry away a large quantity of lead—larger thanany other bear, unless it be his polar brother. Once when I was in California I was out with a party of gentlemenin pursuit of grizzlies. We came in sight of one quietly feeding on ber-ries among the bushes. lie started to go as we approached him, but hegrowled at us, as much as to say that he did not relish the disturbance.He was walking rapidly away, when one of our party rode

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