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^^/.3 07. A rather large, probably about three years old male 

 bear was shot close by the ship. The stomach empty. The liver 

 of this bear was fried and served on board. Shortly afterwards all 

 the partakers in the meal became ill, some of them even rather 

 seriously. (The symptoms and course of this malady has been ex- 

 plicitly treated in the statement composed by the physician of the 

 expedition. Dr. Lindhard). 



^^/з 07. Traces of a bear accompanied by two quite small cubs 

 were observed north of Кар Amélie с. lat. 77°50' n. 



^^/з 07. At the southern point of Lille Koldewey Bronlund 

 came across a young female bear with two small cubs, probably 

 about three weeks old. Bronlund at first shot the dam, then he 

 took one cub under the arm and was just hastening to save the 

 other from the attack of the dogs, when the mortally wounded she- 

 bear rose up with a last exertion to defend her offspring. Now the 

 hunter was obliged to release the cub in order to do away with 

 the mother. In the meantime both cubs escaped, one to each side. 

 The darkness having fallen at length, Bronlund gave up looking 

 for the two poor helpless animals after three hours' eager searching. 

 The dogs refused to do anything in the way of searching, meaning 

 no doubt that they had got abundant compensation for their efforts 

 in the killed bear. The size of the cubs is stated by the narrator 

 to be like that of a young polar hare. The killed she-bear was 

 very emaciated. The stomach was empty. Round the hindmost 

 pair of teats some frozen remains of milk were left. The foremost 

 pair had not been used. 



^^/з 07. In the mountains north of the ship's harbour a young 

 she-bear and her two yearling cubs were shot. All three animals 

 were extremely emaciated. The stomachs of the young were empty. 

 In the stomach of the dam some rests of vegetable matter (grass) 

 were found. 



^^U 07. During the last days I have observed numerous bear 

 traces in Stormbugt and Dove Bugt. Jarner saw a rather large 

 bear at Koldewey Islands. The observer approached the bear at a 

 distance of 50 steps, but his only weapon being a revolver, he did 

 not think it advisable to make a closer acquaintance with the bear, 

 and so they went their way separately. 



Dr. Lindhard found near the field-ice fresh traces of a singly 

 walking bear, besides those of a female with two small cubs. 



Vs 07. A she-bear accompanied by two large cubs came walk- 

 ing towards the ship early in the morning. In the company of a 

 friend I went down on the ice to receive the bears. As we had 

 stretched ourselves out flat on the ice, the animals at first took us 



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