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across during my three years’ 
sojourn in Franz Josef Land. 
I do not propose to deal with 
these in any scientific order, 
and as the Polar Bear is the 
most popular, I will begin 
by telling my readers a little 
about his ways. 
As I find that there is 
some doubt on the matter, I 
may say at once that he is 
yellowish-white in colour all 
the year round, and does not 
change from a darker hue to 
white in the autumn. He 
is, strictly speaking, a carni- 
vorous animal, and _ lives 
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shed and replaced by one 
more suited to the warmer 
temperature of summer. 
The feet are very large 
and well adapted for 
travelling over snow, and 
between the pads thick hair 
erows to aid in keeping 
the feet warm and to pre- 
vent slipping upon smooth 
ice. The bram capacity 
is small, and I found, in 
a large number of bears 
whose brains I weighed, 
the weight not to exceed 
164 ozs. The impression 
Animal Life 
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POLAR BEAR ON A BERG. 
STEALING 
(Capt. Jackson. 
THE PROVISIONS. 
(Capt. Jackson. 
almost entirely upon seals. 
On the other hand, I have 
frequently found the 
stomachs of these bears 
crammed with vegetable 
matter—chiefly grass, 
which has been gathered 
from the sparsely- covered 
spots where the ice-sheet 
fails to reach. his bear - 
is one of the largest of its 
family, and a large male 
will weigh as much as 
900 lbs. His coat during 
the winter and early spring 
is very long and thick; and 
in the late spring it is 
