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tudes of rest. With so convenient a want of shape, a bear may be put upon the ground as you please, and so he will lie, without 1()llmg. A bear rests or slceps just as he falls, as you shall scc on any warm day here at the Zoo. Usually, howe VeT, he makes an attempt to spread his feet against something., \What this 15 1t doesn’t matter, so long as he may reach it with the flat of his foot ; he 13 never perfectly safe, he feels, unless there is a firm foundation for that very large ol sole : considerations of natural gravity he doesn’t stop to think about. He has a deal of confidence in the supporting capa- bilities of those fect ;

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