ßg A. L. V. Manniche. 



^^h 06. Mylius-Erichsen shot a young male bear near Storm- 

 bugt. While M.-E. was occupied with the excavation of an old 

 Eskimo dwelling on the beach, the bear came trudging curiously 

 quite close to him. 



In the night a bear came close to the ship and afterwards to 

 the houses on the beach. The sledge dogs at once surrounded the 

 bear with a deafening barking and howling. Wounded by the rifle 

 ball of the night watchman the bear at last fled to the mountains, 

 where the hunters were unable to pursue it on account of the dark- 

 ness. 



'^^/g 06. A young male bear came walking on the thin new ice 

 up to the ship, strolling about in the neighbourhood quite fearlessly, 

 till it was shot. It was proved later on that the bear had foUoved 

 the traces of a man for a long distance up to the ship's harbour. 



On a sledge expedition to Koldewey Islands from October 25"^ — 

 3P' 1906 two bears were shot, a very large old male and a younger 

 male. At the same time a she-bear w^as seen, accompanied by one 

 cub. The animals followed the coast for some time, till at last, 

 harassed by the hunters and the dogs, they laid their course across 

 the country, where they stood watching their pursuers from the top 

 of a mountain, 1000 meter high. Traces of other bears were seen, 

 partly on the ice and partly on a glacier. 



^^Iii 06. A sledge expedition returned from a journey south- 

 ward. G. Thostrup stated to have seen a she-bear with two cubs. 

 Judging from the traces the animals had been staying several days 

 near a broad open crack seal-hunting. (A seal was seen lying on 

 the ice near its breathing hole.) The bear was very timid as usual 

 when it is accompanied by yoting ones. 



^/u 06. At Hvalrosodden Brønlund shot a she-bear and her cub, 

 about half a year old. The bears came from the baj-, making 

 straight for the headland, where some remains of shot walrusses 

 were lying, having evidently been visited by bears before. Even 

 this she-bear was very shy and fled with her cub as soon as Brøn- 

 lund made his appearance. His sledge dogs however soon ran both 

 the animals in, after which Brønlund walked quite close to them 

 and shot them. 



•'Ill 06. At the ship two bears appeared early in the morning 

 — a female with her cub, half a year old. The dogs at once sur- 

 rounded the animals which were killed close by the ship's side. 

 The two bears were very emaciated. That a she-bear with her cub 

 will venture so close to human beings proves that they must have 

 been very hungry. Many miles to the nearest open water. The 

 stomachs of both animals were perfectly empty. The teats of the 



