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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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