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Out North Land. 



moments beneath its surface, return with one of these luscious fish 

 between his great jaws. But he is most at home, perhaps, in the 

 pursuit of seals. 



You can imagine four or five seals sleeping upon an ice-pan. 



POLAR BEAES. 



They are observed by the polar, while he is yet a considerable 

 distance away, probably on another sheet of ice. He drops silently 

 into the water, and, diving far below the surface, swims in the 



