THE WHITE BEAR. 
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sailors buried the rope under the snow, 
laid the bait in a deep hole dug in the 
^®ittre. The bear once more approached, and 
sailors were assured of success ; but Bruin, 
sagacious than they expected, after snuff- 
about the place for a few moments, scraped 
snow away with his paw, threw aside the 
and again escaped unhurt with his prize. 
The female white bear displays a tenderness 
young that might shame many 
her 
'itnan parent. An aflPecting instance of this 
''Maternal attachment is 'recorded in the voy- 
of discovery towards the North Pole by 
first Lord Mulgrave. While his ship, the 
^^I’case frigate, lay locked in the ice, early 
morning the man at the mast-head gave 
J^^tice that three bears were rapidly approach- 
the vessel. They had no doubt been at- 
^cted by scent of some sea-horse blubber, 
the crew had set on fire : drawing out 
'^^the flames some of the flesh that was yet 
''OL. II. N 
