Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . 198 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. a great deal of Yankee expression in it. The grizzly bear isthe variety that claims the honor of this comparison. Thereis nothing of that leering, sneaking, dishonest expression whichthere is in the foreign bears and in the countenances that re-semble them, but a straight-forward, hungry, mind-his-own-business expression which it is gratifying to meet with in asavage of such extraordinary prowess. In California there isa tribe of Indians, called Boot-diggers, whose track is so likethat of the grizz
Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and animals . 198 COMPARATIVE PHYSIOGNOMY. a great deal of Yankee expression in it. The grizzly bear isthe variety that claims the honor of this comparison. Thereis nothing of that leering, sneaking, dishonest expression whichthere is in the foreign bears and in the countenances that re-semble them, but a straight-forward, hungry, mind-his-own-business expression which it is gratifying to meet with in asavage of such extraordinary prowess. In California there isa tribe of Indians, called Boot-diggers, whose track is so likethat of the grizzly bear, that it can only be distinguished bythe size. The ball of the foot is more deeply indented in theground in consequence of their treading more heavily on thatpart of the foot, like an animal. They are thought by someto be a link between man and brute, as if it were possible forsuch a link to exist. And why is this ? It is because theirresemblance to the bear has degenerated into that of the subsist entirely on roots and acorns, refusing flesh, a
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