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animal were gathered from the wet sand-bank; having been trampled into 

 the mud by the white bears while devouring the carcass." " The hair 

 consists of three distinct kinds. One of these is stiff black bristles, a foot 

 or more in length ; another is thinner bristles, or coarse flexible hair, of a 

 reddish-brown color ; and the third is a coarse reddish-brown wool, which 

 grew among the roots of the long hair," &c. 



