THE WHITE BEAR. 169 
I'^i’son possessing the least sensibility would 
^*^Untenance or encourage such exhibitions ! 
^^ithhold the profit derived from them, and 
must cease of themselves. 
THE WHITE BEAR. 
Of all the varieties of the bear, the white or 
l^'^Ur hear is the most extraordinary, and in 
^atiy respects the most formidable, whether 
consider his prodigious size and strength, 
dauntless courage, or his insatiable appe- 
tite. 
The polar hear is always white, or nearly 
His oval-shaped, flattened, and otter- 
head, and his enormous paws, the former 
^''idently adapted to his aquatic habits, the 
^tter to his long journeys over yielding snows, 
distinguish this monarch of the icebergs and 
shores of the north, from his brother of the 
