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CHAPTER XVII.
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Dick's first fight with a grizzly1--Adventure with adeer--A surprise.
There is no animal in all the land so terrible anddangerous as the grizzly bear. Not only is he thelargest of the species in America, but he is the fiercest,the strongest, and the most tenacious2 of life--facts whichare so well understood that few of the western hunterslike to meet him single-handed, unless they happento be first-rate shots; and the Indians deem the encounterso dangerous that to wear a collar composedof the claws of a grizzly bear of his own killing3 iscounted one of the highest honours to which a youngwarrior can attain5.
The grizzly bear resembles the brown bear of Europe,but it is larger, and the hair is long, the points beingof a paler shade. About the head there is a considerablemixture of gray hair, giving it the "grizzly" appearancefrom which it derives6 its name. The claws aredirty white, arched, and very long, and so strong thatwhen the animal strikes with its paw they cut like achisel. These claws are not embedded7 in the paw, asis the case with the cat, but always project far beyondthe hair, thus giving to the foot a very ungainly appearance.
They are not sufficiently8 curved to enable thegrizzly bear to climb trees, like the black and brownbears; and this inability on their part is often the onlyhope of the pursued hunter, who, if he succeeds inascending a tree, is safe, for the time at least, from thebear's assaults. But "Caleb" is a patient creature, andwill often wait at the foot of the tree for many hoursfor his victim.
The average length of his body is about nine feet,but he sometimes attains9 to a still larger growth.
Caleb is more carnivorous in his habits than otherbears; but, like them, he does not object to indulgeoccasionally in vegetable diet, being partial to the bird-cherry,the choke-berry, and various
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grizzly
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adj.略为灰色的,呈灰色的;n.灰色大熊 | |
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adj.顽强的,固执的,记忆力强的,粘的 | |
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killing
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warrior
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a.扎牢的 | |
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(通常经过努力)实现( attain的第三人称单数 ); 达到; 获得; 达到(某年龄、水平、状况) | |
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cowardice
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muster
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savage
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tussle
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entirely
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honourable
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forth
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buck
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bristling
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deliberately
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plunged
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crevice
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n.(岩石、墙等)裂缝;缺口 | |
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a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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calamity
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darted
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v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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amazement
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n.惊奇,惊讶 | |
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