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EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.
a considerable merchant, who constantly attended mass?
and used to give charity to a poor man who had lost his
1‘ight arm, was soon after brought to bed of a son who
Wanted his right hand, which the rpother attributed to
the impression the maimed appearance of the man made
Upon her mind. But what is Stillmore remarkable ; this
Son is grown to maturity, married, and has now a son,
who, without any such impressions, was born without a
hand. How will the naturalists account for this pheno-
menon ?
Account of the Big Naked Bear, from the American
PhilosophicaI Transactions.
fiiEiR reports run thus:-that among all animals
that had been formerly in this country, this was the most
ferocious. That it was much larger than the largest of
the common bears, and remarkably long-bodied: all
over, (except a spot of hair on its back of a white
colour,) naked. That it attacked and devoured man and
beast, and that a'man, or a common bear, only served
for one meal to one of these animals. That with its teef.li
it could crack the strongest bones. That it coidd not
see very well, but in discovering its prey by scent, it ex-
ceeded all other animals. That it pursued its prey with
unremitting; ravenousness, and that there was no other
way of escaping, but by taking to a river, and cither
swimming down the same, or saving one’s self by means
of a canoe. That its heart being remarkably small, it
Could seldom be killed with the arrow. That the surest
way of destroying; him was to break his back-bone. That
when a party went out to destroy this animal, they first
took leave of their friends and relations at home, con-
sidering themselves as going on an expedition, perhaps
EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.
a considerable merchant, who constantly attended mass?
and used to give charity to a poor man who had lost his
1‘ight arm, was soon after brought to bed of a son who
Wanted his right hand, which the rpother attributed to
the impression the maimed appearance of the man made
Upon her mind. But what is Stillmore remarkable ; this
Son is grown to maturity, married, and has now a son,
who, without any such impressions, was born without a
hand. How will the naturalists account for this pheno-
menon ?
Account of the Big Naked Bear, from the American
PhilosophicaI Transactions.
fiiEiR reports run thus:-that among all animals
that had been formerly in this country, this was the most
ferocious. That it was much larger than the largest of
the common bears, and remarkably long-bodied: all
over, (except a spot of hair on its back of a white
colour,) naked. That it attacked and devoured man and
beast, and that a'man, or a common bear, only served
for one meal to one of these animals. That with its teef.li
it could crack the strongest bones. That it coidd not
see very well, but in discovering its prey by scent, it ex-
ceeded all other animals. That it pursued its prey with
unremitting; ravenousness, and that there was no other
way of escaping, but by taking to a river, and cither
swimming down the same, or saving one’s self by means
of a canoe. That its heart being remarkably small, it
Could seldom be killed with the arrow. That the surest
way of destroying; him was to break his back-bone. That
when a party went out to destroy this animal, they first
took leave of their friends and relations at home, con-
sidering themselves as going on an expedition, perhaps