line on the ice, and thus kept the bear—a mother and two 
little cubs—well along the edge. They took fright at once, 
and the little ones ran on ahead, while the old one stayed back, 
as if to shield her young. Napoleon again distinguished him¬ 
self, and his work was wonderful to see. When he was let 
go he gave chase to the old bear, incessantly worrying and 
harrying her. Whenever the skirmishers seemed to be com¬ 
ing up too rapidly on the cubs, she would turn on the dog, 
hold him up as if to gain time for them, and then go on again. 
The cubs at last took to the water; but as they jumped from 
a high bit of ice one jostled the other, probably in his excite¬ 
ment, and the little brutes growled and fought even as they 
swam. 
“The mother thinking, no doubt, that they were now well 
out of harm’s way and beyond reach of the dog, turned from 
the latter and made for the water. She swam to a neighbor¬ 
ing floe, upon which she climbed and looked about until she 
had located the cubs. Jumping in again, she swam rapidly 
in their direction. The keenly developed maternal instinct, 
shown by all wild animals in guarding their young from dan¬ 
ger, is infinitely pathetic to see, and despite the ‘lust of the 
kill’ the hunter can not but be touched by it. 
“The little cubs were only about five months old, and it 
was decided to take one of them alive. Mr. Learmonth and 
Colonel Fleischmann accordingly put off in the small boat 
after them. By this time the mother had almost reached the 
youngsters. Several photographs were taken of them in the 
water, and then Mr. Learmonth sent a bullet into the neck 
of the old one, and Colonel Fleischmann killed one of the 
cubs. The other was pursued—and at first it took fast rowing 
to keep up with him—until he was tired out, when, after sev¬ 
eral attempts, a noose was thrown over his head and the other 
end of the line made fast to the bow of the boat. The boat¬ 
swain, who was in charge of the capture, then tried to steer 
him with a large pole whenever he started off in a wrong 
direction. 
“The cub, young as he was, showed remarkable strength 
notwithstanding his long swim, and frequently towed the 
boat. Now and again he growled fiercely, viciously striking 
at the gunwale and sinking his teeth into the steering-pole. 
By the time the ship was reached the little captive was quite 
exhausted, and was hoisted on board and tied to a ring on 
the deck without difficulty. There was a long fresh scratch 
on one of his hind legs, no doubt a last token received from 
his late brother in the fight to which I have referred. He 
looked like a great shaggy dog, and at first seemed quite 
docile; but he was evidently only worn out, for he soon re- 
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