POLAR BEAR AND CUBS. - This presents a scene at sunrise in the frozen regions of the north. The mother Polar Bear and her Cubs are on ; 

 great ice floe, above which the Sea Gulls hover, envious of the ursine family, which have secured a Seal for breakfast. The mother has begun her 

 meal: the little ones are not yet accustomed to a meat diet, but are about to try it. The picture well brings out the physical characteristics of the an 

 particularly the shaggy fur covering the body and legs, as well as the powerful paws of the larger animal. (Ursus maritimus.) 



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