XXII.
WHY ARE THE PAWS OF BEARS THE SWEETEST AND PLEASANTEST FOOD?
BECAUSE the flesh of those parts of the body which concoct aliment the best is sweetest; and that concocts best which transpires most by motion and exercise. But the bear uses the fore-feet most in going and running, and in managing of things, as it were with hands.
Quaestiones Naturales. Plutarch. ed. William W. Goodwin. Boston. 1874.
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