The Black Bear

Chapter 2: ILLUSTRATIONS

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About This Book

The author recounts rescuing and raising an orphaned black bear cub, narrating field encounters, travel hardships, and the cub's training and behavior, accompanied by photographs. The narrative is followed by a systematic natural-history treatment covering distribution, classification, physical descriptions and track comparisons, and detailed accounts of feeding, denning, and seasonal habits. Personal observation and practical notes on human-bear interactions and captive care are integrated with scientific descriptions to provide both an intimate portrait of individual life and a broader guide to the species' characteristics.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Ben and the Author	Frontispiece

Making friends	16

The next day we cut a hole in the sack so that he could ride with his head out	22

Ready for the start	30

Ben tries on his new chain and collar	36

A stop for a drink of water	44

Front foot of a black bear, front track of a black bear; front foot of a grizzly bear, front track of a grizzly bear	62

Hind foot of a black bear, hind track of a black bear; hind foot of a grizzly bear, hind track of a grizzly bear	64

A mother and two cubs	74

Taking a sun bath	88

She began to swing her head from side to side	106

A black bear at home	114

THE STORY OF BEN