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lance was a trouble to him in running, he threw it away, 
and kept on, thus leaving himself without any defense 
against so ferocious an enemy. The lance fortunately 
excited the Bear’s curiosity. He stopped, looked at it, / 
turned it over with his paw, took it in his mouth, and 
gave it a bite, and then threw it down, and renewed the 
chase. In a few minutes he was again at the heels of 
the sailor, who, knowing the good effects of the lance, , 
threw him down a mitten. Again the curious creature , 
stopped to examine the mitten, while the sailor got 
ahead as fast as he could make his feet carry him. But ■: 
the curiosity of the Bear was soon satisfied, and it was not ( 
long before the poor panting sailor found that his dread- ) 
ful enemy was again at his heels. He then threw down 
another mitten, and afterwards his hat. The hat, the ) 
Bear tore in pieces, in apparent revenge, for being stop- ; 
ped so often, but this did not take him long, and he was 
soon on his way again. The sailor, by this time, had 
become so weak by fear, and by his exertions to escape, 
that he could run but slowly, and the Bear was on the ,, 
point of catching him, when his comrades came to his 
help, just in time to save him from so dreadful a death. 
They saw from the ship that the folly of the man was ’ 
like to cost him his life, unless something was done to ' 
save him. A number of them, therefore, went out with < 
arms in their hands, to meet the two warriors, and pre- 
vent destruction. Having marched out in battle array, ( 
until they met the flying combatant, they opened to the 
right and left, and let him pass ; then having closed their ( 
ranks, they prepared to receive his pursuer in good order. ’ 
The man in his fright did not look around to see how 
his comrades fared, nor did he stop running, until he had ; 
got fairly to the ship. But the Bear once more came to 
a stand, and like a skillful general, determined to survey ) 
the enemy before he made the attack. Having calmly 
looked at the number of men in the field, and seeing 
their warlike appearance, he wisely concluded, that the 
force was too great for him, and after a momentVhesita- 
tion, wheeled about and marched off, making his retreat 
good, and without a single hole in his skin. i 
( 
ANECDOTE III. S’ 
) 
The female White Bear has always beao said to have 
a peculiar attachment for her young, and in proof of i 
this, the following anecdote is told. Capt. Scoresby has 
stated the facts from his own knowledge. 
A she Bear, with her two cubs, were pursued by some j 
men on the ice, in Greenland. The men went so near 
them, that the mother grew afraid that her young would j 
be injured, and tried to make them run faster, so as to j 
get out of the way of their enemies. But being quite | 
young, the mother found, that with all their exertions, , 
they could not run fast enough, and therefore would soon } 
be overtaken, unless she contrived some way of assisting 
them. This she did in the following manner. She 
went to one of the cubs, and putting her long nose under 
it, threw it forward, as far as she could, and then return¬ 
ing to the other, she did the same to that also. This she 
did many times, until she had removed them a good way 
off. The young Bears seemed to know their danger, 
and their mother’s wish to save them, for as soon as they 
could get on their feet again, after being thrown, they 
would run off with all their might, and when the mother 
came to give them another toss, the little creatures always 
placed themselves across her path, so as to be ready for 
her, thus saving the time that they must otherwise have 
spent in getting ready, after she came to them. 
Who can read this story, without asking how these 
young Bears knew in what way they could best help 
their mother, in getting them away from their enemies “? 
It is not at all probable, that they had been taught by 
her to place themselves across her path, in the manner 
they were seen to do, or that they had ever done it be¬ 
fore. And yet the wisest man could not have hit upon a 
better plan, by which the old Bear could have removed 
her two cubs out of the way. Men, as well as some 
beasts, are taught by experience, by seeing and hearing, 
but these young Bears had not been taught to escape in 
the manner they did, in any way. How then, can we 
account for such actions, in an animal so simple and un¬ 
learned as a young cub? There is only one way, we 
think, of accounting for such actions, and that is, that 
the All-wise Creator gave these young creatures the 
power to choose the best method of escaping from then- 
enemies. 
THE DEER TRIBE. . 
This is a very active, innocent, and beautiful tribe of 
animals, living entirely on vegetables, and inhabiting 
forests, at a distance from the habitations of man. They 
defend themselves with their horns, and with their fore¬ 
feet, with both of which they often inflict deadly wounds. 
Their horns, which are branched, fall off, and are 
renewed every year. Some of the tribe are broke to the 
harness, and employed as beasts of draught. They dif¬ 
fer in size from that of the goat, to that of the horse. 
THE REIN DEER. 
How large an animal is the Rein Deer ? 
The Rein Deer is about as tall as a small cow, being 
three feet and a half high, and nearly six feet long. 
What is the shape of this animal ? 
