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bear. A strong breeze had begun to blow from the 

 north-east, and as it would be hard work for us to row 

 back against it, I had asked Sverdrup to come and meet 

 us with the Fram, if the soundings permitted of his 

 doing so. We saw quantities of seal and whitefish along 



A DEAD BEAR ON REINDEER ISLAND (AUGUST 2 I ST, 1893). 



(From a Photograph.) 



the shore, but we had not time to go after them ; all w r e 

 wanted now was to get south, and in the first place to 

 pick up the bear. When we came near the place where 

 we expected to find it, we did see a large white heap 

 resembling a bear lying on the ground, and I was sure it 

 must be the dead one, but Henriksen maintained that it 



