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the lapse of a few minutes the hunters succeeded in killing the two 

 bears. 



The exterior sexual organ of the female was highly swollen, 

 and the observers felt convinced that pairing had taken place quite 

 recently. 



When the hunters were loading the killed bears on the sledges, 

 a bear came walking towards them from the perfectly flat sea-ice. 

 Even this bear, an uncommonly large, old male, was shot. 



No less than 4 adult bears were thus shot at the same place. 

 It must be supposed that the two male bears which were not seen 

 in company with the female, have been enticed by the latter all the 

 same. 



Somewhat nearer to the coast the travellers came across some 

 seals lying on the ice. 



^^/5 07. Lat. 79° 50' n. The traces of two adult bears were seen 

 on the frozen sound. The animals had been walking together for a 

 long distance. Undoubtedly it must have been a male and a female 

 (the traces were not of the same size) on their pairing trip. 



2^/5 07. Lat. 78° 13' n. Numerous bear traces at the provision 

 depot here. The provision boxes were covered with deep marks of 

 bear's teeth. The other objects that were placed in the depot had 

 all been perfectly dispersed by the bears. 



Record from Koch's journey to the north. 



^^/4 07. Lat. 81" 7' n. A rather young she-bear with milk in her 

 teats was shot on the ice 3—4 kilometer from the coast. 



"/б 07. Lat. 80° 57' n. An old male bear shot on the ice. Seal 

 in the stomach. The remains of a seal were lying on the ice. 



Later on fresh traces of a bear was found on the ice. The bear 

 had dragged a killed seal over a distance of 500 meter. (A fox was 

 standing near the carcass.) 



^^/б 07. Lat. 78° 30' n. Great numbers of bear traces here as on 

 the journey up. 



At "Nordre Depot" a great many bear traces were observed. 



Record from Jarner's journey from May 10**^ til June 20*^ 1907. 



^^/o 07. The southern estuary of Dove Bugt is filled with large 

 ice-bergs. Numerous bear traces were observed everywhere, now 

 and then leading up over the ice-bergs. Among the traces foot- 

 prints of female bears with their cubs were often to be distin- 



