Performing Bear

Young wild bears were caught both by Frenchmen on the French side of the mountains and by Spaniards, to do tricks for entertainment. Photograph showing a red-capped mountaineer with a performing bear with a small bugle and strains of which the bear has to dance and also shoulder his stick like a gun

Captivity Chains Cruel Cruelty Entertain Handler Hind Keeper Mountaineers Muzzle Strains Tame Tamed Tamers Taming Trained

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