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SEA-BEAR OF STELLER. 



dive well, and continue long under water. If struck 

 with a harpoon in that element, they drag the boat, 

 carrying it along with great impetuosity almost as if 

 flying, and will sometimes sink it. Even out of the 

 water, the females especially can run so rapidly, that 

 it requires a swift person to get up to them. 



