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TOPIC: ARGUMENT46 - Although black bears are common in the eastern Canadian province of Labrador, grizzly bears-often similar in color, but much larger-were believed to exist only in the western provinces. Despite a nineteenth-century explorer's account of having startled and narrowly escaped from a grizzly bear deep in the woods in Labrador, modern scientists find no physical evidence that grizzly bears have ever lived in Labrador. But recent research into the language and legends of the Innu, a people who have lived in Labrador for thousands of years, reveals that their language has words for two different kinds of bears, and their ancient legends attribute different characteristics to the two kinds of bears. Therefore, there probably were grizzly bears in Labrador, and the explorer's account probably accurately identified the bear.

The author cites a recent research of the language and legends of the Innu to get to the conclusion that there might be grizzly bears in Labrador, and to demonstrate the validity of the experience of meeting a grizzly bears(a grizzly bear). By careful observation, I found several logic falicies(fallacies) that weaken reliability of the argument.

First, the argument is based on the questionable information of the language and legends of the Innu. The validity of legend should be first suspected. Perhaps the two different kinds of bears are fabricated by people in order to amplified the greatness of the legend, while it was actually not the case. Even though the legend deserves our trust, we readers are not sure about what the other kind of bear was. Perhaps it was author kind of bears which had little similarities to black bears as the argument descriped(described). Without rulling(ruling) out these possibilities, the evidence of the legend can hardly lend strong support to demonstrate the existence of grizzly bears in Labrador.

Second, the experience of encountering a grizzly bear is neutral in some extent. On one hand, we are not informed that the explorer was capable of distinguishing grizzle bears from black bears. On the other hand, even though the explorer had such ability, he would have little time and little attention to differenticate(differentiate) the two kinds of bears considering the similarites(similarities) in color they shared and his dangerous situation. For these reasons, it's entirely possible that the explorer mistaked(mistook) the black bear for the grizzle one.

Third, the author also evades the fact that modern scientists find no substantial evidence that grizzly bears have lived in Labrador. Modern scientists have better understanding and abundant data of grizzly bears, and they also have more scientific methods to demonstrate the presence of them in Labrador. Now that there are no physical evidence to the existence, and the author gave no direct response to this fact, I am not convinced fully to the conclusion avioding (avoiding)it.

In summary, the author fail to effectively warrant the subsistence of grizzly bears in Labrador. To better prove the conclusion, the author should 1)demonstrate the validity of the legend, the other kind of bear descriped(described) in the legend is the grizzle bear;2)provide reliable evidence that the explorer correctly recongnize(recognize) the grizzly bear;3)respond directly to the unconfirmed existence of grizzly bears' in Labrador by modern scientists.