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46. 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.

This argument concludes that there probably were grizzly bears in Labrador, and the explorer’s description probably accurately identified the bear. To support this conclusion, the author cites the following facts about grizzly bears: (1) in the language of Innu, there are words for two different kinds of bears. (2)It came from a recent research into the language and legends of the Innu (3) a nineteenth-century explorer was startled and narrowly escaped from a grizzly bear deep in the woods in Labrador. Close scrutiny of each of these facts, however, reveals that none of them lend credible support to the assertion.

To begin with, the premise of this argument is Innu’s language has words for two different kinds of bears and ancient legends attribute different characteristic to the two kinds of bears, and one of the bears is grizzly bear. But the author didn’t provide sufficient substantiation to prove the description of Innu conforms to the features of grizzly bear. Maybe it is a species other than grizzly bear and black bear. And the species might extinct some years ago. Or perhaps, the two words of bears is actually the same kind of bear. Just as people can have a nick name and a formal name. And people have different features when described from diverse aspects. So it is unwarranted that two kinds of bears exist and one of them is grizzly bear just from languages and legends.

Secondly, the grounds of argument are not appropriate. The assertion uses a recent research into language and legends of the Innu prove the argument, it is not adequate. On one hand, languages, legends and the study about it were accompanied with one’s imagination, thus could not guarantee the correctness of the outcome. On the other hand, the Innu have lived thousands of years there, but before that, maybe they have lived in the Western part of Canadian, and the words and legends about bears have thrived before they came to the eastern Canadian. But the arguer didn’t offer information about that. Whether the words about bears describe the eastern bear is still a question. At most, the research about languages and legends could prove there were two kinds of bears in eastern Canadian, but may not be grizzly bear.

Thirdly, the author’s conclusion is too arbitrary. Even if the people have lived thousands of years in eastern Canadian, and there are grizzly bears in their languages and legends, it couldn’t be drawn that there exist grizzly bears in the nineteenth century. Besides, the nineteenth-century explorer might be threatened, while people could not judge wisely when they are in danger. Therefore, his judgment might not be factual.

In summary, if the speaker wants to augment its persuasion, he still needs to verify the legends about bears is exactly the features of grizzly bears, the legends is based on their experience of eastern Canadian. In order to draw compellent conclusion, the author is required to offer specific literary inspection or scientific research.