Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I HINTS ON FOREST AND PRAIRIE LIFE
- CHAPTER II THE BISON
- CHAPTER III WILD CATTLE
- CHAPTER IV THE WILD HORSE
- CHAPTER V AMERICAN DEER
- CHAPTER VI THE ANTELOPE
- CHAPTER VII THE SOUTHERN HARES
- CHAPTER VIII THE BLACK BEAR
- CHAPTER XI THE WILD HOG
- CHAPTER X THE PUMA AND CAT FAMILY
- CHAPTER XI THE OPOSSUM
- CHAPTER XII THE RACOON
- CHAPTER XIII WILD TURKEY
- CHAPTER XIV GROUSE, SNIPE, QUAIL, WOODCOCK, ETC.
- CHAPTER XV THE WILD FOWL
- CHAPTER XVI THE ALLIGATOR
- CHAPTER XVII AMERICAN SNAKES
- CHAPTER XVIII AMERICAN FISH
- CHAPTER XIX BEE-HUNTING
- CHAPTER XX A SHORT APPENDIX AS TO ROUTE, EXPENSES, ETC. AND WHERE TO FIND THE GAME
CHAPTER VIII - THE BLACK BEAR
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I HINTS ON FOREST AND PRAIRIE LIFE
- CHAPTER II THE BISON
- CHAPTER III WILD CATTLE
- CHAPTER IV THE WILD HORSE
- CHAPTER V AMERICAN DEER
- CHAPTER VI THE ANTELOPE
- CHAPTER VII THE SOUTHERN HARES
- CHAPTER VIII THE BLACK BEAR
- CHAPTER XI THE WILD HOG
- CHAPTER X THE PUMA AND CAT FAMILY
- CHAPTER XI THE OPOSSUM
- CHAPTER XII THE RACOON
- CHAPTER XIII WILD TURKEY
- CHAPTER XIV GROUSE, SNIPE, QUAIL, WOODCOCK, ETC.
- CHAPTER XV THE WILD FOWL
- CHAPTER XVI THE ALLIGATOR
- CHAPTER XVII AMERICAN SNAKES
- CHAPTER XVIII AMERICAN FISH
- CHAPTER XIX BEE-HUNTING
- CHAPTER XX A SHORT APPENDIX AS TO ROUTE, EXPENSES, ETC. AND WHERE TO FIND THE GAME
Summary
Characteristics.—Black; a brown or yellowish patch on each side of the nose.
Description.—Oval erect ears, rounded at the tips; the hair projects slightly beyond the claws, which are short and blunt. Long, shining, straight, and rather soft fur.
Colour.—Generally black, though in some instances a brownish tinge is observable in the fur; the sides of the nose are of a fawn colour. Very often found with a dash of white under the throat, and rarely, though sometimes they have been found, with a white star in the forehead.
Found from Mexico to Labrador, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
THE black bear is found throughout the American continent, except in a very small district to the north-east, where civilisation has dislodged him from the country. They abound in the extreme North Canada and the snow-bound regions of the Hudson's Bay territory; and in the Southern States, in Mississippi, in Louisiana, in Arkansas, in Texas, and Florida, the bear-hunt still ranks amongst the established field sports, and the hunters have no reason to complain of scarcity of game. A hundred years ago the peculiar and special haunt of the black bear was in the dense cane-brakes that fringed the banks of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
In these districts the settlers formerly suffered great losses from the depredations of the ‘varmint;’ cornpatches, gardens, and even hog-pens, being robbed by these unscrupulous freebooters.
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- A Hunter's Experiences in the Southern States of America , pp. 145 - 174Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009