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THE BLACK BEAR
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THE BLACK BEAR
WILLIAM H. WRIGHT
Author of “The Grizzly Bear”
ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR AND J. B. KERFOOT
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK - - - - 1910
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COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
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Published April, 1910
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CONTENTS
PAGE THE STORY OF BEN 3
THE BLACK BEAR: ITS DISTRIBUTION AND HABITS 51
Classification of Bears 53
Description and Distribution 56
Characteristics and Habits 68
Food and Feeding 91
The Happy Hooligan 105
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Ben and the Author Frontispiece
Making friends 16
The next day we cut a hole in the sack 22 so that he could ride with his head out
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