APPENDIX. 185 



Ursus Marltimus. Lbm, Syfi. Nat. 70. i. 



Polar Bear. Penn.Syn. ^adr. p. 192. T. 20. F. r. 



Found in great numbers on the main land of Spitfbergen ; 

 as alfo on the iflands and ice fields adjacent. We killed 

 feveral with our mufquets, and rhe feamen ate of their 

 flefh, though exceeding coarfe. This animal is much 

 larger than the black bear ; the dimenfions of one were 

 as follows : 



Feet. Inches. 



Length from the fnout to the tail, - 1 ^ 



Length from the fnout to the fhoulder-bone, 2 3 

 Height at the fhoulder, - - - 4 3 



Circumference near the fore legs, ---70 

 Circumference of the neck clofe to the ear, 2 i 



Breadth of the fore paw, ---07 



Weight of the carcafs without head, fkin 



or entrails, - - - 610 lb. 



Cervus Tarandus. Linft. Syfi. Nat. 93. 4. 



Rein Deer. Penn. Syn. ^adr. p. 46. T. 8. 

 F. I. 

 Found every where on Spitfbergen. 



We ate the flefli of one which we killed, and found 

 it excellent venifon. 



Bala EN A Myfiicetus. Linn. Syfi. Nat. 105. i. 



Common Whale. Penn. Brit. Zool. p. 85. 



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