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antelope, and on one occasion when both animals were allowed to go on shore 
protected it when it was attacked by a savage dog. This bear is specially sub¬ 
ject^ to ophthalmia, and has been chloroformed and treated successfully by 
oculists. In one instance the bear was difficult to manage during the first 
operation, but having found that it procured real relief, it voluntarily submitted 
to further treatment. A hunter on our western plains shot a deer and concluded 
to go back to camp and return for the deer later. When he came back he found 
a grizzly bear preparing to carry off his game, and rashly concluded to dispute 
its possession. He succeeded in wounding and irritating the creature, and as it 
charged down upon him, a second shot carried away its snout. The bear never¬ 
theless continued its attack, but after inflicting considerable injury was killed. 
The grizzly bear uses its front paws, not for crushing but for holding, and 
employs its hind paws 
for lacerating the flesh 
of its victim. Con¬ 
trary to popular belief 
the grizz ly when 
young, can “ climb a 
tree,” but as stoutness 
comes with increasing 
age he has to forego 
the pastime. 
The Polar Bear, 
White Bear, or Ma¬ 
rine Bear (Ursus ma¬ 
rinas), has a yellow¬ 
ish-white soft fur, an 
elongated flat head, 
a long neck, long 
legs, large feet whose 
soles are fleeced, and 
whose toes are con¬ 
nected by membranes. 
It visits the land but 
seldom, as it feasts 
itself upon dead 
whales and live 
seals. Its length is from nine to ten feet, and its height about six 
feet. It is sociable with its kind but ferocious towards other animals 
and towards human beings. It moves about in small companies and adds 
to the number of animals which are distinguished by great affection for 
their young. A very pitiful story of a polar bear's dying with its two 
cubs is as follows : As a bear with two cubs came within range, the two cubs 
were shot. The mother, forgetful of everything else, tried to revive them. 
First, she tempted each of them with food; then, with repeated groans, she 
tried to raise them to their feet; next, she walked away a short distance and 
plaintively called upon them to follow; returning, she moved them hither and 
thither, licked their bleeding wounds, and finally, as if realizing the wrong 
done her, rose erect and gave utterance to a terrible roar of agony and rage, 
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ESQUIMAUX ATTACKED BY A POLAR BEAR. 
