POLAR BEAR. 457 
feast is dedicated to a certain genius^ perhaps that 
of gluttony, whose resentment they dread, if they 
do not eat every morsel, and even sup up the 
very melted grease in which the meat was dressed. 
They sometimes eat till they burst, or bring on 
themselves some violent disorders. The first 
course is the greatest Bear they have killed, with- 
out even taking out the entrails, or taking off 
the skin; contenting themselves with singeing the 
skin, as is practised with hogs." 
POLAR BEAR.' 
Ursus Maritimus. U, albus, cauda abruptcij capife coUoque eloU" 
gatis, Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. pi loi. 
White Bear, with elongated neck and head, and abrupt tail. 
Ursus maritimus albus major arcticus. Martens Spitsberg, 73, 
t.O.f.C. 
Ours h\B.nc. Bvff. suppl. 3. p. 200, pi. 
Polar Bear. Fennant Quadr. 1. p. 
Ursus Polaris. Polar Bear. Museum Leveriamm, vol. i. p. 7, 
pi. 2. 
This is a far larger species than the common 
Bear, and is said to have been sometimes found 
of the length of twelve feet. ' The head and neck 
are of a more lengthened form than in the com- 
mon Bear, and the body itself is longer in pro- 
portion. The whole animal is white, except the 
tip of the nose and the claws, which are jet black : 
the ears are small and rounded; the eyes small; 
the teeth of extraordinary magnitude: the hair is 
of a great length, and the limbs are extremely 
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