2 GO Capture of a Young Bear. 



what he is going to do. Half an hour ago two 

 bears, a mother and cub, were seen on the ice, and 

 seizing my rifle, I jumped into one of the two boats 

 that were ordered to be lowered to effect their 

 capture. On pulling up to them, the old bear 

 made a savage attack on the boat, and would very 

 soon have got in and cleared it had I not put a 

 bullet through her head. Taking the old one- in 

 tow, we proceeded to secure the little one alive, and 

 eventually hoisted it on board, though not with- 

 out some trouble, as it was of a most pugnacious 

 disposition, snapping at everything that came in its 

 way, and roaring and bellowing like a young bull. 

 It is a fine little cub, about two months old. The 

 captain intends taking it home alive. 



Thursday, August 10th. — At ten this morning we 

 passed the mouth of Navy Board Inlet, the captain 

 intending to steam out until he falls in with the ice, 

 when he hopes to pick up another fish, which will 

 completely fill us. At noon we passed Cape Hay, 

 and at four were off Cape Liverpool, when the wind, 

 that had been gradually freshening since the morn- 

 ing, was so strong from the southward that we were 

 obliged to stop steaming, and put the ship under 

 reduced canvas, a nasty sea getting up at the same 

 time. Barometer low, and falling. In the after- 

 noon we bent the mizen-topsail, and unrove the cant 

 and spek tackles. It is very heart-rending getting 

 such a strong head wind, especially at the commence- 



