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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Fig. 40. Polar Bear. 



way they have been known to emigrate from Greenland 

 to Iceland, and there find luxurious living in the flocks 

 and herds of the inhabitants, a change from their custom- 

 ary seal diet which was very grateful to them. 



96. The other animals of this family which I shall no- 

 tice are much smaller, and belong to genera more or less 



aberrant. The Rac- 

 coon, Figure 41, is 

 about the size of a 

 Fox. Like the Bear, 

 it has sharp claws 

 and climbs trees. It 

 sleeps in its hole by 

 day, and prowls at 

 iiight for its food, 

 which consists of 

 small quadrupeds, 

 birds, eggs, insects. 



Fig. 41. Raccoon. 1'OOtS, etc. It is 



