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Tutored Bear.—XIV. Century

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Tutored Bear.—XIV. Century.jpg Turtle’s hoe was made of the shoulder bone of a buffalo set in a light-wood handle, the blade firmly bound in place with thongThumbnailsTutored Bear.—XIV. CenturyTurtle’s hoe was made of the shoulder bone of a buffalo set in a light-wood handle, the blade firmly bound in place with thongThumbnailsTutored Bear.—XIV. CenturyTurtle’s hoe was made of the shoulder bone of a buffalo set in a light-wood handle, the blade firmly bound in place with thongThumbnailsTutored Bear.—XIV. CenturyTurtle’s hoe was made of the shoulder bone of a buffalo set in a light-wood handle, the blade firmly bound in place with thongThumbnailsTutored Bear.—XIV. CenturyTurtle’s hoe was made of the shoulder bone of a buffalo set in a light-wood handle, the blade firmly bound in place with thongThumbnailsTutored Bear.—XIV. Century

One great part of the joculator's profession was the teaching of bears, apes, horses, dogs, and other animals, to imitate the actions of men, to tumble, to dance, and to perform a variety of tricks, contrary to their nature; and sometimes he learned himself to counterfeit the gestures and articulations of the brutes.