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hummocks and across the open channels, I almost de- 

 spaired of gettmg a shot at tlie bear ; when, instead of 



THE BKAR MADE A WILD LEAP UPON THE NEAREST CANOE- 



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escaping as she might easily have done, she came directly 

 toward us, having apparently quite forgotten the seal. 



"The polar bear is fierce and vindictive, and does not 

 I found, fly, like other bears, when hunted ; and I loaded 



