244 ON SNOW-SHOES TO THE BARREN GROUNDS 



It is a peculiar-looking bear, seeming a cross between the 

 grizzly and the polar, and it has this peculiarity, that its 

 hind claws are as big as its fore claws, while its head looks 

 somewhat like that of an Eskimo dog, very broad in the 

 forehead, with square, long muzzle, and ears set on quite 

 like the dog's. It is very wide at the shoulders, and its 

 robe in color resembles the grizzly. 



