POLAR BEAR. 457 



feast is dedicated to a certain genius, perhaps that 

 of gluttony, whose resentment they dread, if they 

 do not eat every morsel, and even sup up the 

 very melted grease in which the meat was dressed. 

 They sometimes eat till they burst, or bring on 

 themselves some violent disorders. The first 

 course is the greatest Bear they have killed, with- 

 out even taking out the entrails, or taking off 

 the skin; contenting themselves with singeing the 

 skin, as is practised with hogs." 



POLAR BEAR. 



Ursus Maritimus. U. aJbus, cauda abrupta, capite collogue e/on- 



gutis. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. />; 101. 

 White Bear, with elongated neck and head, and abrupt tail. 

 Ursus maritimus albus major arcticus. Martens Spitsberg. 73. 



t.O.f.C. 



Ours blanc. Buff, suppl. 3. p. 2OO.pl. 34. 

 Polar Bear. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 5. 

 Ursus Polaris. Polar Bear. Museum Lererianum, vol. I. p. 7. 



pi. 2. 



THIS is a far larger species than the common 

 Bear, and is said to have been sometimes found 

 of the length of twelve feet. The head and neck 

 are of a more lengthened form than in the com- 

 mon Bear, and the body itself is longer in pro- 

 portion. The whole animal is white, except the 

 tip of the nose and the claws, which are jet black: 

 the ears are small and rounded; the eyes small; 

 the teeth of extraordinary magnitude : the hair is 

 of a great length, and the limbs are extremely 



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