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The grizzly bear is the most fierce and powerful of the North American bears. It can weigh up to 800 pounds. It eats fruit, berries and other plants, but can also hunt other mammals, such as deer. They are listed as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Grizzly Bear

The grizzly bear is the most fierce and powerful of the North American bears. It can weigh up to 800…

A large white bear that lives in the Arctic regions of North America. They are powerful swimmers and eat a variety of things including seal. They can run quickly across the ice due to their hairy soles.

Polar Bear

A large white bear that lives in the Arctic regions of North America. They are powerful swimmers and…

Raccoon, a tree-climbing, nocturnal animal belonging to the bear family and restricted to North and South america.

Raccoon

Raccoon, a tree-climbing, nocturnal animal belonging to the bear family and restricted to North and…

Bear and fox

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Bear and fox

Bear wearing a coat and hat

Bear

Bear wearing a coat and hat

Bear and fox walk toward store-house

Bear and Fox

Bear and fox walk toward store-house

Hand-shadow of Teddy Bear

Teddy Bear

Hand-shadow of Teddy Bear

Ursa Major or Great Bear or Big Dipper constellation.

Ursa Major

Ursa Major or Great Bear or Big Dipper constellation.

Constellation: The Great Bear

The Great Bear

Constellation: The Great Bear

Mr. Bear finds Brer Rabbit.

Mr. Bear

Mr. Bear finds Brer Rabbit.

This shows the acorn of Bear Oak, Quercus ilicifolia, (Keeler, 1915).

Bear Oak Acorn

This shows the acorn of Bear Oak, Quercus ilicifolia, (Keeler, 1915).

Goldilocks eats up all the baby bear's dinner.

Goldilocks

Goldilocks eats up all the baby bear's dinner.

The great white bear (Polar Bear) is peculiar to the Arctic regions.

Polar Bear

The great white bear (Polar Bear) is peculiar to the Arctic regions.

The Black bear inhabits every wooded district in North America, and eats primarily vegetation.

Black Bear

The Black bear inhabits every wooded district in North America, and eats primarily vegetation.

the Isopoda have a body flattened from above, and bear gills on the abdominal appendages, as in the sow bug.

Sow Bug

the Isopoda have a body flattened from above, and bear gills on the abdominal appendages, as in the…

Koalas are marsupials, which means the females have a pouch of skin into which the very immature young are placed, and where they remain until able to take care of themselves.

Koala

Koalas are marsupials, which means the females have a pouch of skin into which the very immature young…

Foot of bear: plantigrade

Carnivore Foot

Foot of bear: plantigrade

The kitchen of the Fremont Dragoons at Tipton, Missouri. Tipton, which is 38 miles from Jefferson City, 26 from Sedalia and 13 from California City, is situated on the Pacific Railway, which passes through Jefferson City, and has its terminus in Sedalia. At all these cities large bodies of troops were places by General Fremont, so as to enable him to concentrate, at a very short time, an overwhelming force to bear upon the Confederates. This is the kitchen when the army of cooks was in full preparation for the daily dinner.

Cooking in Camp

The kitchen of the Fremont Dragoons at Tipton, Missouri. Tipton, which is 38 miles from Jefferson City,…

Ocean shells that typically bear beautiful pearls.

Pearl Shells

Ocean shells that typically bear beautiful pearls.

The skull of the typical bear.

Bear Skull

The skull of the typical bear.

The common bear found throughout Europe.

European Bear

The common bear found throughout Europe.

The common bear found throughout Europe.

European Bear

The common bear found throughout Europe.

A bear climbing a tree, with spectators watching.

Bear

A bear climbing a tree, with spectators watching.

A bear that lives in the cold and has a bushy coat of fur.

Polar Bear

A bear that lives in the cold and has a bushy coat of fur.

A small and usually black bear with a shaggy coat of fur.

Sloth Bear

A small and usually black bear with a shaggy coat of fur.

"Confederate position near Centreville, Va., at the crossing of the Orange and Alexandria Railway over Bull Run, showing Confederate encampment, fortifications, etc. Our illustration of the Confederate position near Centreville, the scene of the first battle of Bull Run, cannot fail to interest our readers. The advance of the Federal army into Virginia is thus described by our correspondent: 'About noon Generals McClellan and McDowell, with their staffs, and two thousand cavalry for an escort, came up and took the road to Manassas. All along, to the left of the road, was one continuous string of huts, tents and forts, all empty now. The tree-tops bear the evidence of the way the shot and shell flew around. Large limbs were cut off, and tree-tops twisted in a hundred directions, as though struck by lightning."— Frank Leslie, 1896

Confederate Position

"Confederate position near Centreville, Va., at the crossing of the Orange and Alexandria Railway over…

"It is the size of a large bear; girth at the sholder, five feet, near the tail, twenty inches; fur brown. acquiring a grayish tint at the point of the hairs in old age; external ears one inch eight lines long, conical, erect, covered with short hair, and open by an oblong slit, which is shut in the water; nail very slender and minute." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Sea Bear

"It is the size of a large bear; girth at the sholder, five feet, near the tail, twenty inches; fur…

"Capture of the United States mail steamer <em>Ariel</em>, Captain Jones, off the east end of Cuba, by the pirate <em>Alabama</em> ('290'), Captain Semmes, December 7th, 1862. Report of the first officer of the <em>Ariel</em>: 'On the 7th of December, at 1:30 P.M., when rounding Cape Maysi, the eastern point of Cuba, we saw a vessel about four miles to the westward, close under the high land, bark-rigged and under canvas. As there was nothing in her appearance indicating her to be a steamer, her smokepipe being down, no suspicions were aroused until in a short time we saw she had furled her sails, raised her smokestack, and was rapidly nearing us under steam, the American flag flying at her peak. Such was her speed in comparison to ours that in about half an hour she had come up within half a mile of us, when she fired a lee gun, hauled down the American ensign and ran up the Confederate flag. No attention was paid to the summons, and the <em>Ariel</em> was pushed to her utmost speed. She then sailed across our wake, took a position on our port quarter, about four hundred yards distant, and fired two guns almost simultaneously, one shot passing over the hurricane deck, and the other hitting the foremast and cutting it half away. A body of United States marines, consisting of 126 men, passengers on board the <em>Ariel</em>, had been drawn up and armed, but the officers in command deemed it worse than folly to resist, as we could plainly see they were training a full broadside to bear upon us, and Captain Jones gave orders to stop the ship and haul down the ensign.'"— Frank Leslie, 1896

Ariel

"Capture of the United States mail steamer Ariel, Captain Jones, off the east end of Cuba,…

"Confederate rams from Charleston Harbor attacking the Federal blockading squadron, January 31st, 1863. Official report of Rear Admiral Dupont: 'About four o'clock on the morning of the 31st of January, during the obscurity of a thick haze, two ironclad gunboats came out of Charleston by the main ship channel, unperceived by the squadron, and commenced a raid upon the blockading fleet. The <em>Mercedita</em> was the first vessel attacked. Captain Stellwagen had gone to his room for a short time, leaving Lieutenant Commanding Abbott on deck, when one of the ironclads suddenly appeared. Her approach was concealed by the haze and mist of the atmosphere. The vessel was immediately hailed and an order given to fire; but the ironclad being close aboard, and lying low in the water, no guns could be brought to bear. A heavy rifle shell was fired from the enemy, which entered the starboard side of the <em>Mercedita</em>, passed through her condenser, the steam drum of her port boiler, and exploded against her port side, blowing a hole in its exit some four or give feet square, killing the gunner, and, by the escape of steam, a number of the men, and rendering her motive power apparently useless. Unable to use his guns, and being at the mercy of the enemy, which was lying alongside on his starboard quarter, all further resistance was deemed hopeless by Captain Stellwagen, and he surrendered.'"&mdash; Frank Leslie, 1896

Confederate rams

"Confederate rams from Charleston Harbor attacking the Federal blockading squadron, January 31st, 1863.…

"Cumberland Gap and Heights, Tenn., from the Kentucky side. Cumberland Gap was a place of such importance during the war as to be constantly the object of operations on both sides, who indeed alternately held it. Like Harper's Ferry, it was deemed a strategic point of great value; but the fact that no action took place, and that its evacuation was compelled by distinct movements, tend to modify this idea. It is a natural gap in a mountain, 80 miles long, or rather the only natural gap, although other points bear that name. Cumberland Gap is 150 miles southeast of Lexington, Ky. The mountain is here 1,200 feet high, but the notch is a cut nearly two-thirds of this, the road through the gap being only 400 feet high. On the southern or Tennessee side this mountain is abrupt, and in some places perpendicular, and the summit almost inaccessible, except through the gap. The northern or Kentucky side is more irregular, breaking off in a sucession of smaller mountains and hills to the Valley of the Cumberland. Our sketch shows the Kentucky side."— Frank Leslie, 1896

Cumberland Gap

"Cumberland Gap and Heights, Tenn., from the Kentucky side. Cumberland Gap was a place of such importance…

Inhabits most part of South America. About four feet in length. Spends the greater parts of its life sleeping.

Tamanior

Inhabits most part of South America. About four feet in length. Spends the greater parts of its life…

"Large as a moderate sized dog. It has long, thick and rather course fur, of an ashy-gray color; its moves with the gait of a young bear, lives in dens and holes dug with its feet, but spends much time in the trees." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Koala

"Large as a moderate sized dog. It has long, thick and rather course fur, of an ashy-gray color; its…

"A short-legged, thickset animal, the body two feet long, the tail half an inch long. It lives in burrows and feeds on vegetables. It is covered with coarse hair of a sandy brown color; its eyes are small and lively. Its pace is shuffling and hobbling, like that of a bear. it has little intelligence, but its disposition is mild." &mdash; S. G. Goodrich, 1885

Wombat

"A short-legged, thickset animal, the body two feet long, the tail half an inch long. It lives in burrows…

The places on the stems that normally bear leaves.

Nodes

The places on the stems that normally bear leaves.

"View from Peekskill Landing. This view is from Peekskill landing, looking up the river. On the left is the Dunderberg, or Thunder Mountain, over which the troops marched to Forts Clinton and Montgomery. The dark spot on the brink of the river, upon the extreme left, shows the place of the coffer-dam made by the deluded seekers after Captain Kidd's treasure. At the water's edge, on the right, is seen the grading of the Hudson River railroad, in course of construction when the sketch was made. The dark mountain on the right is Anthony's Nose. Intermediately, and projecting far into the river, is a high, sandy bluff, on which stood Fort Independence. Further on is Beveridge's Island; and in the extreme distance, behind the flag-staff, is seen Bear Mountain. Between the point of Fort Independence and the rock cutting of the railroad is the mouth of Peek's Kill, or Peek's Creek."&mdash;Lossing, 1851

Peekskill Landing

"View from Peekskill Landing. This view is from Peekskill landing, looking up the river. On the left…

"This is a view from the lawn, looking south. It is a frame building with a brick foundation. At the time of the siege it belonged in fee to Governor Nelson, but its occupant, a widow Moore, had a life interest in it, and it was known as Moore's house. The narrow piazza in front is a modern addition. This house is upon the Temple Farm, so called from the fact that vestiges of a small temple or church, and the remains of an ancient settlement, are there seen, about a mile and a half south of Yorktown. Around the temple was a wall, and within are several tomb-stones. One of these bear the name of Major William Gooch, and the date of his death, 1655."&mdash;Lossing, 1851

Moore's House

"This is a view from the lawn, looking south. It is a frame building with a brick foundation. At the…

"Æluropus melanoleucus- A remarkable genus of carnivorous quadrupdes of the arctoid series of the order Feræ, connecting to the true bears with ælurus and other genera."-Whitney, 1902

Giant Panda

"Æluropus melanoleucus- A remarkable genus of carnivorous quadrupdes of the arctoid series of the order…

"Also called the ant bear (Myrmecophaga jubata)."-Whitney, 1902

Anteater

"Also called the ant bear (Myrmecophaga jubata)."-Whitney, 1902

"A water-Bear, or Bear-animalcule (Macrobiotus schultzei), one of the Arctisca or Tardigradam, much magnified. 1,2,3,4, the limbs; a, mouth with six oral papill&aelig;; b, gullet, calcified stylets; c, salivary glands; d, muscluar pharynx; e, ovary; f, vesicul seminalis; g, testes."-Whitney, 1902

Water Bear

"A water-Bear, or Bear-animalcule (Macrobiotus schultzei), one of the Arctisca or Tardigradam, much…

"Woodchuck (Arctomys monax)."-Whitney, 1902

Woodchuck

"Woodchuck (Arctomys monax)."-Whitney, 1902

"Water Flea is a popular name for minute aquatic Crustaceans such as daphnia, cypris, and cyclops. In Cyclops the body is more distinctly segmented and the shell is not bivalve; the head bears antenn&aelig;, mandibles, and maxill&aelig;, and the first five segments of the thorax bear swimming appendages. Water fleas fed on microscopic plants and animals and on organic debris, while they themselves&ndash; often occurring in countless swarms&ndash; form an important part of the food supply of certain fishes."&mdash;(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Cyclops communis Water Flea

"Water Flea is a popular name for minute aquatic Crustaceans such as daphnia, cypris, and cyclops. In…

"Water Flea is a popular name for minute aquatic Crustaceans such as daphnia, cypris, and cyclops. In Cypris also the shell is bivalve; there are five pairs of appendages on the head and two on the body; most of these are used in swimming or creeping. Among cyprids parthenogenesis again occurs, and in some species males have never been observed, while parthenogenetic development has been traced for as many as 40 successive generations. The females bear large egg sacs. Water fleas fed on microscopic plants and animals and on organic debris, while they themselves&ndash; often occurring in countless swarms&ndash; form an important part of the food supply of certain fishes."&mdash;(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Cypris Unifasciata Water Flea

"Water Flea is a popular name for minute aquatic Crustaceans such as daphnia, cypris, and cyclops. In…

"In the genus Alcyonium, the polypidom is of a spongy nature, and contains a multitude of minute calcareous concretions, which serve to give firmness to the fabric. When the polypes are contracted, the surface of the polypidom, which is covered with a coriaceous skin, is seen to bear numerous scattered stellate marks, which, on examination, are found to consist of eight rays correstponding with the tentacula of the polypes which are to be protruded from these spots." &mdash; Goodrich, 1859

Alcyonium elegans

"In the genus Alcyonium, the polypidom is of a spongy nature, and contains a multitude of minute calcareous…

"Aswail, or Sloth-Bear (Prochilus labiatus)."-Whitney, 1902.

Aswail

"Aswail, or Sloth-Bear (Prochilus labiatus)."-Whitney, 1902.

"What in this letter is contained, what here, Is written, all I will repeat to thee, That thou mayst bear my message to my friends, 'Gainst danger thus I guard: if thou preserve, The letter, that though silent will declare, My purport; if it perish in the sea, Saving thyself, my words too thou wilt save." &mdash; The Delphian Society, 1913

Iphegnia delivers letter to Pylades

"What in this letter is contained, what here, Is written, all I will repeat to thee, That thou mayst…

Scene from "Why the Bear's Tail is Short."

Fox and Mother Bear

Scene from "Why the Bear's Tail is Short."

"Sling the Monkey is a capital game, and can be played anywhere where there are trees. One player who is chosen by lot, takes the part of Monkey, and is fastened to a tolerably high branch of a tree by a strong cord knotted in a 'bowline' loop and passed round his waist. the other players now baste the monkey with knotted handkerchiefs, and he armed in like manner, endeavors to realiate. If he succeeds in striking one of them, he is at once released, and the other takes his place as monkey. He must make haste in doing it, or he may be basted until he is fairly in the loop. With players who don't mind a little buffeting this game becomes exceedingly lively: and active monkey is very different to approach with safety, and, of course, gives much more life to the game. The cord should be just long enough to enable the monkey to reach the ground comfortably under the branch. Half the fun of the game lies in actual slinging of the monkey, one of whose most effective ruses is to throw himself forward on the rope, preend to start off in one direction, and then come back with a swing in the other. The branch to which the cord is attached should be of some considerable height from the ground, or there will not be play enough in the rope; and it need scarcely be impressed upon the reader tha both rope and branch must be strong enough to bear the strain put upon them by the weight and movements of the monkey." &mdash; Thomas Sheppard Meek

Sling the Monkey

"Sling the Monkey is a capital game, and can be played anywhere where there are trees. One player who…

"Get a circular piece of tin, three inches or more in diameter, and cut it round the edges in the form of a star. Bore two holes through it about an inch and a half apart; pass the two ends of a string through the holes; tie them, and the toy is complete. When the tin star cannot be procured, a big button will serve the purpose admirably. Hold an end of the double string in each hand, as seen in the illustration, and spin the tin star, or 'whizzer' as we shall call it, until the string is twisted as far as it will bear. Now separate the hands, and the whizzer will revolve rapidly, and, when the hands are stretched wide, will come to rest as shown in the illustration. But if, instead of allowing the hands to reach their fullest extent and to remain there, they are brought gradually together again, the cutter will revolve in the opposite direction, and wind itself up again. Thus it may be made to wind and unwind itself as long as the player likes."&mdash; Thomas Sheppard Meek

Whizzer

"Get a circular piece of tin, three inches or more in diameter, and cut it round the edges in the form…

Frame of a bear and a wolf.

Bear

Frame of a bear and a wolf.

Scene from the story, "The Bear and the Skrattel."

Bear and Skrattel

Scene from the story, "The Bear and the Skrattel."

Scene from the story, "The Bear and the Skrattel."

Bear and Skrattel

Scene from the story, "The Bear and the Skrattel."

Polar Bear going after baby seals.

Polar Bear

Polar Bear going after baby seals.

A bear, painting

Bear

A bear, painting

A group of three Egyptians carrying another.

Egyptians

A group of three Egyptians carrying another.

The genus of palms which bear dates.

Date-tree

The genus of palms which bear dates.

The bear stands sponsor for the cub.

Mowgli's Brothers

The bear stands sponsor for the cub.

A bear standing.

Bear

A bear standing.

A bear by camp

Bear

A bear by camp

A bear and a tree.

Bear

A bear and a tree.

From a nursery rhyme, <em>Simple Simon Met a Pieman</em>. He went to slide upon the ice, before the ice would bear; Then he plunged in above his knees, which made Simon stare.

Simple Simon

From a nursery rhyme, Simple Simon Met a Pieman. He went to slide upon the ice, before the…