THE POLAE BEAK. 33 ! 
more exuberant than that of the black bear. The grizzly bear is f 
) remarkably tenacious of life: an instance is on record of one of ! 
| these animals, being followed by a party of hunters, having re- 
j ceived as many as fourteen balls into different parts of its body, 
I and lived an hour or two after. This animal can exist on vege- ( 
j table food alone, but it has a great fondness for destruction and < 
| blood. | 
THE POLAR BEAR. 
'his animal differs very materially from the common bear in 
the length of its head and neck, and attains about twice 
the size — often measuring thirteen feet. Its limbs are of 
immense size and strength ; its hair is long, harsh, and disagree- 
able to the touch, and of a yellowish- white color; its ears. are 
short and rounded, and has large teeth. The White or Polarr 
Bear has rarely been seen further south than Newfoundland,, but 
it abounds chiefly on the shores of Hudson Bay, Greenland,, and 
Spitzbergen. It has also been found in Norway and Iceland, 
whither it is very often carried on floes of ice. During the sum- 
mer it takes up its residence on an island of ice, and frequently 
passes from one to another. It swims well, and often = goes a 
distance of six or seven leagues; it also dives, but cannot remain 
