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WILD NORWAY. 
Dec . 19th. —Killed she-bear, giving suck. Stomach 
empty but for a moccasin thrown away by the men. 
Cub again escaped. 
Christmas Day. —No fires; windows open, and sat 
outside for some time. Mean temperature 36° F. 
Dec . 2 7th and 28 th. —Several walrus heard blowing 
among the ice both days. Very dark. 
The average temperature for December is the same 
as that for October—21*5° F. On the 22nd, after four 
days’ gales from S.E. to S.W., it rose to 45° F. 
1889. 
Jan. 1st .—Seals heard. 
Jan. 2nd and 3rd. —Aurora. Birds heard both these 
days, and some seen, but too dark to distinguish species. 
The men thought they were Brunnich’s Guillemots. 
Jan. 10 th. —Caught our dog Humpe, which ran 
away on August 11th ; he was in good condition, having 
presumably fed on seal-bodies near the house, though 
no tracks had been seen for months. He evidently 
wants to get away again. 
Jan. 1 1th. —Saw Tystie on water, and heard Eiders 
and Brunnich’s Guillemots crying and diving close in¬ 
shore. 
Jan. 25th. —Twilight appreciable at noon, and four 
days later could then read large type. Humpe ran 
away again. 
Temperature this month—Max. 32°, min. - 14°, mean 
4*44° F., being almost the same as in November. 
"Weather stormy, dark, and disagreeable for more than 
half the month. 
