70 A. L. V. Manniche. 



This bear was uncommonly meagre. The stomach contained bits 

 of skin and blubber of seal (Phoca foetida) besides some pieces of 

 rope. At the mouth of the large, frozen river "Lakseelven" in the 

 neighbourhood of Hvalrosodden the bear had made a deep, cosy lair 

 in the snow by the side of an ice-berg. The traces showed that for 

 some time the animal had been walking to and from this couch. 

 Among other places the bear had sought its food on the headland 

 where some w^alrus carcasses were lying. That seals are to be found 

 however even in the middle of the winter in the depths of the in- 

 lets is proved by the newly mentioned examination of the bear's 

 stomach. 



^^/i 07. Fresh bear traces were seen at the edge of a rather 

 large hole in the ice, about 15 kilometer east of the ship's harbour. 



^•^/i 07. Near the same opening which had now been consider- 

 ably narrowed, the traces of two bears, a larger and a smaller one 

 which had accompanied each other, were seen. Probably it has 

 been a female bear with her cub. The traces were leading land- 

 ward and further on across the mountains. 



^^/2 07. On "Stormbugt" a bear was shot, a younger male. Pur- 

 sued by the dogs the bear climbed the utmost top of a mighty ice- 

 berg. The skin of this bear was strikingly yellowish. The animal 

 was very emaciated. The stomach contained a few rests of plants 

 (grass), swallowed perhaps together with some smaller prey, caught 

 on land. I found the lair of the animal at the edge of an ice-berg 

 near the coast. This lair was made in the snow which had drifted 

 together, and consisted in a circular recess IVs meter in diameter. 

 The snow blocks which the bear had cut off, had been heaped up 

 with great precision on one side of the recess. 



^^/2 07. One of the Greenlanders shot a rather large male bear 

 near the ship. The bear was surrounded by a great number of 

 dogs. This bear was in excellent condition, and its coat was dazz- 

 lingly white. The teeth were very yellowish. As the dogs threw 

 themselves furiously on the body of the bear directly after the flay- 

 ing, it was impossible for me to examine the contents of the sto- 

 mach. 



^^/2 07. On a north-going sledge drive from ^^' /2 — 2^/2 a young 

 male bear was shot in the neighbourhood of Кар Amelie. Traces 

 of a female with two large cubs were seen at the same place. More- 

 over the travellers found near a depot fresh traces of a bear which 

 had tried to open some provision boxes. 



^"/3 07. A young, lank male bear was shot near the ship. With 

 exception of a few rests of vegetables the animal's stomach was 

 empty. 



