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although Pettersen was pointing in their direction. At last I 

 saw them trotting along slowly towards the ship. About 150 

 yards away they stopped. I tried to take aim at them, but as it 

 was still too dark to be sure of my shot, I waited a little, hop- 

 ing that they would come nearer. They stood for a time staring 

 at the ship, but then wheeled round and sneaked off again. I 

 asked Pettersen if he had something to fry which would smell 

 really nice and strong and attract the bears back. He stood 

 ruminating a little, then ran down-stairs, and came up again 

 with a pan of fried butter and onions. " I am blowed if I haven't 

 got something sav^ory for them," he said, and tossed the pan 

 up on the rail. The bears had long been out of sight. It was 

 cold, 35 degrees I should think, and I hurried down to get my 

 fur coat on, but before I had done so Bentzen came running 

 down and told me to make haste, as the bears were coming 

 back. We tore on deck at full speed, and now had the animals 

 well within range, about lOO yards away. I squatted down be- 

 hind the rail, took a good aim, and — missed fire. The bears 

 were a little startled, and seemed to be contemplating a retreat. 

 I quickly cocked the rifle again and fired at the largest one. 

 It fell head over heels, with a tremendous roar. Then I fired 

 at the second one. It first turned a fine somersault before it fell. 

 After that they both got up and took a few steps forward, but 

 then they both came down again. I gave them each one of the 

 two cartridges I had left, but still this was not enough for these 

 long-lived animals. Pettersen was very much interested in the 

 sport. Without any weapon he ran down the gangway and 

 away towards the bears, but then he suddenly had misgivings 

 and called to Bentzen to follow him. Bentzen, who had no 

 weapons either, was naturally not very keen about running 

 after two wounded bears. After getting some more cartridges 

 I met Pettersen midway between the bears and the Fravi. The 

 animals were now crawling along a pressure-ridge. I stopped 

 at a distance of 30 yards, but first of all I had to shout to Pet- 

 tersen, who, in his eagerness, hurried on before me, and now 

 stood just in the line of fire. At last the great she-bear got 

 her death-wound, and I ran along the pressure-ridge in order 



