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maintain it, then commits himself to the 
swimming for leagues, until he either 
*^^aches another shore or another iceberg, or 
exhausted by famine and fatigue. Near 
east coast of Greenland, according to 
^^ptain Scoreshy, the polar bears have been 
on the ice in such numbers as to look 
^6 flocks of sbeep on a common. 
The white bears, when in quest of prey, 
often attack the arctic walrus, or sea- 
, which makes an obstinate defence with 
long tusks, and sometimes proves victorious. 
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till 
‘ley are seen in droves in Greenland, allured 
the smell of seal’s flesh, and sometimes 
will surround the dwellings of the natives 
attempt to break in. The smoke of burnt 
fathers is said to be the most effective means 
^1 1’epelling the invaders. 
j ^Vhite bears are sometimes' found in Ice- 
whither they are supposed to float upon 
ice from the opposite coast of Greenland, 
