172 ADVENTURES IN THE NORTHERN SEAS. 



the ice, we discovered two big seals in different di- 

 rections. We took one each, and killed them both. 



Lord David had returned on board, and I was 

 also rowing back, when we discovered a bear on a 

 small iceberg close to the sloop. The people on 

 deck also observed him immediately, and called to 

 Kennedy, who was below, but quickly came on deck 

 with his rifle. The bear looked coolly at the sloop 

 for a little before he could make up his mind that 

 it was time to be off. When at last he did so, the 

 sloop quickly sailed up to him, and Lord David shot 

 him from the deck as he swam under the bows. 



My boat being still in the water, we took hold of 

 the bear, and dragged him on an iceberg to flense 

 him. While we were doing so, a seal came caper- 

 ing about in the water, popping up his head close 

 to us, and looking at our proceedings exultingly, 

 as if he was thinking with Charles IX. that "the 

 smell of a slaughtered enemy was sweet. 1 ' I pun- 

 ished him for indulging in such unchristian -like 

 emotions by shooting him through the head. 



