The Bears.
manner of
feeding.
H A T U R A £ H I S T O R Y of N O R W A Y .
wfeicb y iSdi«tfae: aliffeife God MGi:deE#d|i;
th at inKfome £mcafare liie.veEy~fierxigffitefeatuf&s,;{hai'L5be:«HdeB':a
fear forim^nkiaAtii,-« ^iapJafa^HS tu ft^ixhr.edoai
- It has p^er^feben^Jcn^wni thdt a, vBear fillip •Jaa£.i<jhild$^
food-in iieeeffity Ssfoots,!grafiyiand .greens,:and partierdaflyi the
Angelica' or Quanne, which grows here, apd the .Mtilteboer,
^yttehoiiy!Bramboer. and: RBnnebafc, when : hei:can(lay. hold or
teach them, 9» the extremity' of »the bulhand, tha’ he fomctimes
tumble's down in the attempt, heforeaks;off:the branches,. ^However*
what fuifcs his. palate* bed is animalhfoadsj tiadfleflbsoflheep,
•goats,r-oswa |mj||hcyies p which d&ftp'asnl cha^e! before1 obffeptesd,
. o f t e n • • -* r -- ■. _
, “Hk atfoekis-^piade..with!his fore-paws^ andlheWes not bis
mouth-till vhe is mafter..of..-.theicreatterej.and.theiE:he funks’ the
bloody and, iaftdrwards. drags - the itak^ito-hk den : i f the; road
to this be-iip-hilly- or^fHroiigh *bhfhes, that he 1 icanHOf • dxagrthe
prey eafil f\ al@®g,«hd then .has. been>feenl;to take the whole ', ear-
cafe m jhlsfMdfpaw,Sjdwalkingioptbis hindfegs .only. Hejhas
been feen ;alfo-geing!upFighty on plpk gro^ndp ’ihuggmgc;the
■ prhoie bldy .hfia lasigeanimal y from;which* .lamongl othersithjngS)
yqp may.jmdgefiffiisf great ftrength. |M| 1 | (fig
He^dees -hob lpy. hold df any'ftran^e'.: dead vcarcate, like-the
wolf,xb^t chufes-toi-be butcher to himfelf, where .‘hdVkfcto neati
He .does not bite: and -tear, like, the wpllp.and .is snofmat-fo
mdch idreaded; - He vmafters the wolf, and! ceorre&s'him 5 : find
therefore that creature does not like today In. his neighbourhood.
I was told from Bordne in.Rogfund, that ; an '.oMirG^s-
■ bear • was. many yeatsknown' to follow.,the, herdslik©..their guard,
apdftood oftpn tamely by,-a&ihe maid»raf milking yand always
drOVe th^wolf away. :t He didsno hurt- to any ,nonly m.iAutumn,
when he i was almoft going, tg; look- for. his-den,: he would -takea
kid ^iaufheepi '«&•& aper- contraaum taciturn, B raccpafergde
fiimmer’s wages* Hut,^^I.dohbt.if.thereijaisi many :ofi . his;i; kind
that qfeithal d^OE9ti©n.,They fay; how^^for^wiaivJhahin
his.proper Juftifdiaieny or,.'theplace, where ihe ufually'refi^es^die
will takeibmt one piece from a mano. 1
■ * .5Tis faid- thajtthe African^jons iare fometirnes, in,fiich a-itemp’e^r&at the ffiep-
i ’erdefs may hunt "kemy anddrive them about, with a kick.' pay
«Sttfetions d t ^c e ^a y s : - ' *mr r i e s peuveht le 'familianfer avec dfe-lion fans
danger, & qu’en prenaat uh blton M rappellant.T4hanne,ce^i fightfie^cui^ou
de quelque autre pom ifemblable., elles luy font P fntej&%0$&* -&c. ;I1 eftpoffible,
que cela afrivd'Joffque ces .anijhaux.ont bieri repu, car al6rssper4ent leilf
ne:a t u r a l 'h r s T f5
, Of fihisjcreature’s prudences.and difofetiöö, they^vo fnâSmiiô^
able inhalées :: amokgîin»y ^tthisj md drefr^ ftighlar IhH
mofl îcredibleiÿ’rôufiièfithe -whole flofek'.of.eows,0 he ’pfcfes o'a-ï, rhIt
whihh»hafch'!thëheh^ mund.feerineck, !^hibh;':by rüfltfiigy geheMllÿ
glyes! ’ tsM: hgnalf ®f dkhgerxù o At 1 thil ball «beds migfeSy* öffferaSr,
Ikjtteaifs • it i9^s:hnd ‘if fflf Xfihotii aicaft bell, bd^‘a' hammer*4
oriep ! he’ll ftriikö it.feiflafy : withhis-parv^l t-Haedt feall
or .yeij'himugai n; ;ïh Heswil 1 $ fires off! a* gunp whence takén'i t
frlhl'ilthe -hiW&ito'jamMbîbè 'dOtemfy â ■< ^teatî 4e® :'®uhftihg:Td
feing hi-s d’ife,t, when.'’feü upoîi ^byîSJÉwobor’s t-foeemiiÿfSien
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f^Vfen v the -fesas*} mi’lîèd 'fis xaimpc^.flighrify'wounded^Milf5,
he thhn: l^l^holdcof theiunarmed' mrÉ^ Mld^blfg^hMfik fêwêijt1
ing, .»upon hisïJjisrd le^adàstfai,iB6' 'h«fx &&$■ * Ife^pHvî« •
die: others will mot! yfiiooti: bifof 1 fo^Aasrsöf^ÉMtodlfe tBeiïr\;MîiBSû
nionv^fffeiklfehc. tèro^sj AimMfodó'^wia'tóÖ:, M '■ hilly VS
ditch, aoditherdidites the n&n, déâd^ér^ipëil^foÉ^ÉÎmWit Kills
bethb :If hexfihdsfeinhalfmoïtally%Öund®^ ^f^n-he^eiMêav^f»
tooffib <the ihuntfinan df Msi hidey jihMdh feè feôdh^b^Côîidl%in
i|nd»dael'efele Bays hold roft a! vÈày ^êàÊgeiftone§?%xf## there 456'^
deep: water -neahhim, ifoe’ pliîn^é^ Ifosifè^ahïft^ 1 ;
tj^dek^êi^aodi fwimmefs'; rlheyvoftdrir dfifsyithe
tSvsfrss 9^d eatdi fi&p theSt bfoadïpàv^ âr'ei v©fy fît'ÏO jfo^v'lifi¥Ky'1
je;! fhall' nofedetetiinnefwhéther^li^ds i^óffibfoy sthif^fhe?
Beafs^.foemia'lFintnafiEkfydsQOr^ngJfo: Iff, Jî Kami. ‘his:
asfehf; Gteenlmd ofttaftr.tbd |Sm3bilil!y im- thel^eye*1
haying fiyaimfiossr : xtfae feaufildi^ia ^-rèà't Wâyÿs his «tëfêfriïyffcdjP
groifingfitiredf^ fommbiintg vrW6ls: â water •ofa^îeâ^üéîy^ah^if’ fiS
^essîatriboaÆtrbyifchmhwUyf' ètè îwill;‘igô^aftérhtÇ',4f W
reft bilBfelf » jâ :hé". getso in; «hd WilRÆtîlh thé ftefec^iÀ^uiet
andypeafteable ji the ^antërJhôWWvbr*dftô#<fcôl larfttbftèt-^Mfoi
if he can play bio oars fs^îeaeiSglf yibüt ift '^é'
boaty-the iBear’s pahrsiaretfarê; tô à^foo»as
he-.foaches thei^eflelai!
i' 'Soon after Michaelmas the^Béar fèefed iàé- déft\ re-
Winter squatters jedüia xhe find&sfiiïdér fome-molintaMi? vfhéié^t® ?
roçksc-.hangfc: am-yr.woinufomè nàtteràl i'éayefh-;'!i'i Hété hë’ïtó k^
hinïfelf a large and ilfofif hettüof rhöfe>4 ^^®é,«Shk the llke.^r/Hq
hides rtid opèningoisfieit ibiandies â l :bb&gh#kf *teëà,da^ lbï§
it ihow up, fo that he’ is not eafily found, bdt-bÿ' flfâB thhf
are. taught, I of halÉilhoroughly^^^tij^feffllIS^-»' 8
hè”' fhâll be'take^“ïS eüm | | ‘ for ' a, wee^k withaafoeaEy^fleepj*
that by Ihopting at him, and-even wounding him, he’ll hardly
, awakeƒ