CHAP, vn.] THE NORTHERNMOST POINT OF ASIA 
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a large Polar bear, wlio, even before the vessel anchored, was 
seen to go backwards and forwards on the beach, now and then 
turning his glance and his nose uneasily out to sea in order to 
investigate what remarkable guests had now for the first tim^ 
come to his kingdom. A boat was put off to kill him, Bruse- 
witz was the chosen shot; but on this occasion the bear took care 
not to form any closer acquaintance with our guns. The firing 
VIEW AT CAPE CHELYUSKIN DURING IHE STAY OF IHE EXPEDITION. 
(After a drawing by A. Hovgaard.) 
of the salute put him so thoroughly to flight, that he did not, as 
bears are wont, return the following day. 
The north point of Asia forms a low promontory, which a bay 
divides into two, the eastern arm projecting a' little farther to 
the north than the western. A ridge of hills with gently slop¬ 
ing sides runs into the land from the eastern point, and appears 
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