Bear River

a river of the United States, 400 miles long; rises in the N. of Utah, and flows N. into Idaho; turns abruptly S., re-enters Utah, and empties into Great Salt Lake. Bear’s Grease, the fat of bears, esteemed as of great efficacy in nourishing and promoting the growth of hair. The unguents sold under this name, however, are in a great measure made of hog’s lard or veal fat, or a mixture of both, scented and slightly colored. | Beast Fables, stories in which animals play human parts, a widely spread primitive form of literature, often surviving in more or le developed forms in the more advanced civilizations, Beat, in music, the beating or pulsation res ulling from the joint vibrations of two sounds of the same strength, and all but in unison. Also a short shake or transient grace-note | struck immediately before the note it) is intended to ornament.