. Five hundred fascinating animal stories, with numerous colored plates, illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., etc., ect. . THE BEAR. 147 paw, and deliberately retired. After having eaten the piecehe had carried away with him, he returned. The noose,with another piece of kreng, having been replaced, he pushedthe rope aside, and again walked triumphantly off with thebait. A third time the noose was laid; but, excited to cautionby the evident observations of the bear, the sailors buriedthe rope beneath the snow, and laid the bait
. Five hundred fascinating animal stories, with numerous colored plates, illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., etc., ect. . THE BEAR. 147 paw, and deliberately retired. After having eaten the piecehe had carried away with him, he returned. The noose,with another piece of kreng, having been replaced, he pushedthe rope aside, and again walked triumphantly off with thebait. A third time the noose was laid; but, excited to cautionby the evident observations of the bear, the sailors buriedthe rope beneath the snow, and laid the bait in a deephole dug in the centre. The animal once more approached,and the sailors were assured of their success. But Bruin,more sagacious than they expected, after snuffing about theplace for a few moments, scraped the snow away with hispaw, threw the rope aside, and again escaped unhurt withhis prize. The polar bear displays a great love for its young andmany pathetic stories are told of its rage and grief atthe loss of them. The following is from Captain Browns Anecdotes of Animals. A Greenland bear, with two cubsunder her protection, was pursued across a field of ice by aparty of
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