AFFECTIONS OF THE BEARS. 101 
tell us) suffers much from heat. One of 
the species, described by Professor Pallas, 
would not stay in its house during the win- 
ter, although it was at Crasnojarsk, in Sibe- 
ria, where the climate is very cold; and, on 
the contrary, it seemed to have great plea- 
sure in rolling itself in the snow. A Polar 
Bear, kept at the Museum of Natural Histo- 
ry, at Paris, was found to suffer severely from 
hot weather; and, throughout the year, its 
keepers were obliged to refresh it, by throw- 
ing sixty or seventy pails of water upon it 
daily. In truth, it is natural to it to be al- 
ways in or near the water. Its prey is the 
Seal, Walrus, and fish, including the Whale ; 
and all these it either seizes upon the rocks, 
shores, or ice, or pursues in the sea by swim- 
ming.” 
“But, must this Bear be fed upon such 
food as you have mentioned ?” 
‘‘'That kept at Paris had only bread, of 
which it ate no more than six pounds a day, 
and yet grew very fat.” 
*“*.T have read very affecting stories of the 
fondness of the she White Bear for her 
young.” 
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