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who dropped the lance : this attracted 
attention of the animal, which stopped, 
j^^'ved, and bit it, and then resumed the chase, 
j *16 sailor, seeing the effect produced by the 
successively dropped, first one mitten, 
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the other, and lastly his hat, which his 
suer tore in pieces between his teeth and 
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^ paws ; yet, even thus loitering, he would no 
^^bt soon have overtaken and destroyed the 
Cautious seaman, but for the prompt assist- 
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of the ship’s crew, who, observing the 
^anggr of their comrade, went out to his 
The bear, perceiving that his enemies 
,^1’e too numerous, effected what Captain 
Moresby calls an honourable retreat. 
'There is a fine specimen of this animal in 
® gardens of the Zoological Society, which 
i^'^oves that his native ferocity may be in a 
^•“eat measure overcome by kind usage and 
batient attention. 
The sagacity of the polar bear is well 
