Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . CAUGHT IN THE ACT! POLAR BEARS VERSUS SEALERS Part of the crew of a sealing vessel landed from their ship and attackeda rookery of fur-bearing seals, and killed a large number of them. Then themen fell to skinning the catch. They had been at this work for sometimewhen suddenly the leader gave a cry of alarm and the others, on looking upfrom their work, beheld three polar bears ploughling through a small snowfield and coming directly towards ihem. The men were only armed with clubs so there was nothing for them todo but to make a hasty retreat to
Hunting and trapping stories; a book for boys . CAUGHT IN THE ACT! POLAR BEARS VERSUS SEALERS Part of the crew of a sealing vessel landed from their ship and attackeda rookery of fur-bearing seals, and killed a large number of them. Then themen fell to skinning the catch. They had been at this work for sometimewhen suddenly the leader gave a cry of alarm and the others, on looking upfrom their work, beheld three polar bears ploughling through a small snowfield and coming directly towards ihem. The men were only armed with clubs so there was nothing for them todo but to make a hasty retreat to their boat. The polar bears must havescented the slaughter, for when they came up to the bodies of the seals theywent no further but began to feed, growling from time to time as if to warnthe men to keep away. The leader of the boats crew would not consent to give up his wholecatch so easily, so he had the skiff rowed quickly to the ship and returnedarmed with a rifle. The leader had the boat rowed close up to a rockyprojection upon which the
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