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THE GERMAN ARf'TIt; EXPEDITION. 



At ten p.m. WG saw in a westerly direction towards the 

 south some gleams of the northern lights. They were 

 sliort, bright, glittering sheaves and phosphorescent spots, 

 which lengthened out towards the zenith, but soon dis- 

 appeared. At the same time, we heard the young bear 

 howling dismally on the spot where its mother had been 



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killed. The fresh bear's-meat came most opportunely, 

 and tasted excellent either as a roast joint or in chops. 

 On the 12th, from the east as before, leaving the land 

 behind them, came another couple of bears. The old one 

 met the same fate as her forerunner; the young one was 



