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back against ft, I had asked Sverdrup to come and meet 

 us with the Fraju, if the soundings permitted of his do- 

 ing so. We saw quantities of seal and white fish along 



A DEAD BEAR ON REINDEER ISLAND (AUGUST 2 1, 1893) 



(From a Phoiogrd/'k) 



the shore, but we had not time to go after them ; all we 

 wanted now was to get south, and in the first place to 

 pick up the bear. When we came near the place where 

 we expected to find it, we did see a large white heap 

 resembling a bear lying on the ground, and I was sure it 

 must be the dead one, but Henriksen maintained tliat it 

 was not. W'e went ashore and approached it, as it lay 

 motionless on a grassy bank. I still felt a strong sus- 



