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60 NATURAL HISTORY. 
Fig. 40.—Polar Bear. 
way they have been known to emigrate from Greenland 
to Iceland, and there find luxurious living in the flocks 
and herds of the inhabitants, a change from their custom- 
ary-seal diet which was very grateful to them. 
96. The other animals of this family which I shall no- 
tice are much smaller, and belong to genera more or less 
aberrant. The Rac- 
coon, Figure 41, is 
about the size of a 
Fox. Like the Bear, 
it has sharp claws 
and climbs trees. It 
sleeps in its hole by 
day, and prowls at 
night for its food, 
which consists of 
small quadrupeds, 
ZZB birds, eggs, insects, 
Fig. 41.—Raccoon. roots, etc. Itis very 
