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wash themselves in, wherein they much de- 
light; and near to the ponds are ragged 
posts or trees, set for the Bears to climb up, 
and scaffolds made at the top, to sun and 
dry themselves, where they will also sleep, 
and come and go, as they are called by their 
keeper.’ 
*“* T must add, that in the Garden of the 
Society, if the Black, Brown, and Yellow 
Bears ought to be accommodated with water, 
like the Beaver and the Otter, as well as with 
dwellings every way more commodious to 
themselves, and better adapted for the pur- 
poses of exhibition ; even still more ought the 
case of the White Bear to be taken into wise 
and merciful consideration! 
** The habits of the White or Polar Bear 
are known to be eminently aquatic; and 
the climate which it is accustomed to is so 
cold, that the animal has never been seen 
southward of Iceland, even of which island 
it is not a native, but only arrives there oc- 
casionally, by accident and misfortune, and 
commonly in a state of famine and weak- 
ness, upon masses of floating ice. Yet this 
animal is here confined in a small den, with 
