The data set bears.txt is described in "Reader's Digest" (April, 1979) and 
"Sports Afield", (September, 1981). 

It consists of several measurements for bears that were captured, measured, 
and released. (The full data set actually caught several of the bears 
multiple times over a period of years.) 

The variables in the data set are: 

*estimated age in months 
*gender (1=male, 2=female)
*length of head in inches
*width of head in inches
*girth of the neck in inches
*body length in inches
*girth of the chest in inches
*weight in pounds
*name. 

The observations are currently ordered by name.