THE POLAR BEAR. 



Owing to the peculiar nature of the substance in which the 

 White Bear {Thalardos maritimus) makes its curious burrows, 

 I have placed it after, instead of before, the earth-burrowing 

 rodents. 



rOLAR BEAR, 



Towards the month of December the White Bear retreats to 

 the side of a rock, where by dint of scraping, and allowing the 

 snow to fall upon her, she forms a cell in which to reside during 

 the period of her accouchement. Within this strange nursery 



