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appearance, and it was not difficult to imagine a broad 

 expanse of water at all points resting against the foot 

 of these cliffs. 



February ISth, Friday. — This morning, between 

 ten and eleven, Danenhower (who is now able to get a 

 bit of sun and fresh air occasionally), while walking in 

 the trench under the port quarter, saw a bear close to. 

 He gave the alarm and away went the dogs pell mell, 

 headed by the " hoodlums," and, overtaking Bruin, 

 fought him and killed him before anybody could get 

 near. Tom and Alexey's dog got the bear by the 

 throat and held him while the rest of the pack sailed 

 in. When the carcass was brought alongside it really 

 looked like that of an overgrown cat, it was so small. 

 She (for he was a she) was only five feet six inches 

 long, two feet two inches high, three feet two and a 

 half inches girth, and weighed only one hundred and 

 twenty-nine pounds. Wilson easily tossed her on his 

 shoulder and carried her in. We suspect from her 

 small size and poor condition that she is the survivor 

 of the family of mother and two cubs we fired at and 

 wounded August 26th. Our theory is that mother and 

 one cub died from their wounds, and the survivor has 

 hibernated near us all winter. 



When Aneguin came back from his cruise this after- 

 noon he astonished us considerably by the news that he 

 had found a " house " big enough for two men to live 

 in about two miles southeast of the ship. I think he 

 was considerably frightened at his find, and looked 

 upon it as something uncanny. By close questioning 

 it was elicited that the house was of canvas, that it had 

 a piece of brass served in it ; and then it occurred to us 

 that he had found a piece of tent-awning we had left 

 behind in the smash up November 25, 1879. The 



