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the Esquimau who accompanied Capt. Hall on all his expeditions, 

 was preparing to retire, but on hearing the noise thought it was 

 the ice breaking up, and went out to see what the situation was, 

 He was not gone more than ten seconds before he came back, 

 pale and frightened, exclaiming, "There is a bear close to my 

 kyack !" The kyack was within ten feet of the entrance to the 

 hut. Joe's rifle, and also Capt. Tyson's, were outside the latter 

 lying close to the kyack Joe's inside of it ; but Joe had his 

 pistol in the hut. They both now crept cautiously out, and, 

 getting to the outer entrance, they could hear the bear distinctly 



JOE AND HANS KILLING THE BEAR. 



eating. There were several seal-skins and a good deal of blubber 

 lying around in all directions. Some of these skins were being 

 dried for clothing, and some were yet green. They could plainly 

 see his bearship. He had now hauled some of the skins and 

 blubber about thirty feet from the kyack, and was eating away, 

 having a good feast. Joe crept into the sailors' hut to alarm 

 them. While he was gone Tyson crawled stealthily to his rifle, 

 but in taking it he knocked down a shot-gun standing by. The 

 bear heard it, but Tyson's rifle was already on him ; he growled, 

 Tyson pulled the trigger, but the gun did not go ; he pulled the 

 second and third time, it did not go, but Tyson did, for the beer 



