. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. THE KING OF THE WILDERNESS. 189 sniffed tlie air suspiciously after a few moments, and then made off in a direction opposite to that of the fisherman in the greatest haste. In February, 1878, three Adirondack hunters while on a panther hunt came across prints in the snow of a large female hear; she was traced to her den, but was found already frozen in so she could not get out. After she was shot three cubs about three weeks old were taken from the den, but they were too young to raise, and soon died. In
. Familiar life in field and forest; the animals, birds, frogs, and salamanders. Zoology. THE KING OF THE WILDERNESS. 189 sniffed tlie air suspiciously after a few moments, and then made off in a direction opposite to that of the fisherman in the greatest haste. In February, 1878, three Adirondack hunters while on a panther hunt came across prints in the snow of a large female hear; she was traced to her den, but was found already frozen in so she could not get out. After she was shot three cubs about three weeks old were taken from the den, but they were too young to raise, and soon died. In April of the same year another den was found in a swamp near Fourth Lake, Fulton Chain. The den, which was in the side of a knoll, was discovered by the proximity of the young cubs, who were playing outside and did not know enough to " go in " when the hunters ap- peared. The mother bear again could not get out, and was easily killed. In the following June a â very young be:^,r was shot by Dr. Bagg, also in the vicinity of Fourth Lake ; it weighed about ten pounds, and its stomach was filled with old beechnuts. The poor little creature had evidently lost its mother; and Dr. Bagg, hearing a strange squealing like that of a pig, imitated the sound with such success that. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938; Underwood, William Lyman, 1864-1929, phot. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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