WHITE BEAR. 
The White Bear has a long head and neck ; 
short round ears ; large teeth ; and limbs of 
vast size and strength. I^'s hair, which is 
long and soft, Is of a white colour, tinged in 
some parts with a dirty yellow. 
In Martin'^ Spitzbergen, where this animal 
is particularly described, it is said to bark al- 
most like a dog that is hoarse ; to be less 
clumsy, and more nimble, than the common 
Bear; and to have a head so far from being 
very tender, like the head of the common Bear, 
that he saw it receive, without being in the 
smallest degree stunned, several blows on 
that part, which he is persuaded would have 
knocked down an ox. 
The White B':ar is confined to tlje coldest 
part of the globe. It has been found as iar 
as navigators have penetrated northwards 
above latitude 80. The frigid climes alone 
seem adapted to it's nature. It is unknown, 
except on the shores of Hudson's Bay, Green- 
land, and Spitsbergen. The north of Nor- 
way, and of great part of Russia, arc desti- 
tute of this animal; but it is abundantly seen 
again, 
