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ice thrust our ship into the field, at the same time 

 raising the Hansa a foot and a half. On a neighbouring 

 field we saw a she-bear with her cub. A boat at once 

 put off" to hunt them. 



The pair soon espied us, and tramped to the edge of 

 the ice near the boat, the old one gnashing her teeth and 

 licking her chaps. We fired as soon as we could take a 



lUIMINi THE POLAli BEAR. 



steady aim, and the boar fei] dead in the snow. Over 

 the young one, which remained by her side licking and 

 caressing her in the most affecting way, we repeatedly 

 cast a noose, which, however, it always eluded, and at 

 last ran away howling and lamenting; so we lost it in 

 spite of a shot which v.^ounded it. 



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