WHITE BEAR. 
and the whale also, being in it's own element, 
commonly proves too powerful for it's four- 
footed opponent. When, however, it meets 
with a young whale or morse, it amply re- 
pays itself for every injury received in it's ren- 
counters with the parents. 
The White Bear has frequently been brought 
alive to England : but it appears uneasy, and 
restless ; and has, even in our winter, the ap- 
pearance of suffering from extreme heat, ex- 
cept when it has cold water thrown over it, 
without which k v/ould not long: survive. 
The flesh of the White Bear, though by 
most naturalists said to taste like mutton. 
Goldsmith asserts, in consequence of it's 
feeding on fish and seals, is too strong for food. 
The fat is melted for train oil ;. tliat of the 
feet being reserved for medicinal purposes. 
Tlie liver, Pennant remarks, is very unwhole- 
some ; as three of Birentz's sailors experi- 
enced, who feil dangerously ill on eating some 
of it boiled. The skin makes an excellent 
warm and durable cloathing. 
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