. The log of the "Laura" in polar seas; a hunting cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the polar ice off east Greenland and the island of Jan Mayen in the summer of 1906, kept by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes . e strength notwithstanding his long swim,and frequently towed the boat. Now andagain he growled fiercely, viciously striking atthe gunwale and sinking his teeth into thesteering pole. By the time the ship wasreached the little captive was quite exhausted,and was hoisted on board and tied to a ringin the deck without difficulty. There was along fresh scratch on one of his hind legs, no
. The log of the "Laura" in polar seas; a hunting cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the polar ice off east Greenland and the island of Jan Mayen in the summer of 1906, kept by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes . e strength notwithstanding his long swim,and frequently towed the boat. Now andagain he growled fiercely, viciously striking atthe gunwale and sinking his teeth into thesteering pole. By the time the ship wasreached the little captive was quite exhausted,and was hoisted on board and tied to a ringin the deck without difficulty. There was along fresh scratch on one of his hind legs, nodoubt a last token received from his latebrother in the fight to which I have looked like a great shaggy dog and at firstseemed quite docile, but he was evidently onlyworn out, for he soon recovered his ferocityand made the day hideous with his the afternoon he was transferred to a rudecage of boards knocked together by the shipscarpenter. Poor little beast! This is but a forerunnerof what the future has in store for him, forhe has probably exchanged the freedom of his great ice-fields for confinement behind iron [96] ;*. >n^ ^m\ -^-jbi?. cy\ b^iVv, . . n\ii<AS?Ano(^ ?»j\T *. ■^ wji J ihe ouier ■ line rr uow of the boai. iue boats^ ...., , ., vv,,^ in charge of the capture,then tried to • ■ him with a large pole when-■^-v he slari,,. ...i in a wrong direction. ac cub, young as he was, showed remark-able strength notwithsland- ■ ■ ong swim, ••^ frequently towed the bum Now and • teeth iuio luu(I., i*. The boatswain . . tried to steer him with a large pole ■ - iiiijU legs, .novi. v4 from his late. • .vhich 1 have referred.*^ a^^iii shaggy dog and at first set . ^.. -ocile, but he was evidently onlyworn out, for he soon r-^.v^red his ferocityand made the day hi»^ ■ his growls. Ill the afternoon he \\ •<! t- •■ cas^e of boards kno, I, Poor little he .. ,. ..., . ...,aer of what the ftr .^le for him, for ho bas or sKa
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