Children's own library . zly Bear is a native of North America. Itis the most ferocious and powerful of its family, and isan animal which must be either avoided or fought, forthere is no medium. If a Grizzly once sees a man, itwill probably chase him, and will do so with great per-severance. An American traveller was chased nearlythirty miles by one of these bears, which would prob-ably have kept up the chase as many miles more, hadthe traveller not crossed a wide river, over which thebear did not choose to follow him. The Polar, or White Bear, called Nennook by theEsquimaux, lives in the Arct
Children's own library . zly Bear is a native of North America. Itis the most ferocious and powerful of its family, and isan animal which must be either avoided or fought, forthere is no medium. If a Grizzly once sees a man, itwill probably chase him, and will do so with great per-severance. An American traveller was chased nearlythirty miles by one of these bears, which would prob-ably have kept up the chase as many miles more, hadthe traveller not crossed a wide river, over which thebear did not choose to follow him. The Polar, or White Bear, called Nennook by theEsquimaux, lives in the Arctic regions, where it feedson seals, fish, and even the walrus, as it dives withgreat ease, and is able to chase the seal amid the waves, 44 WOOD S NATURAL HISTORY These bears are often drifted from Greenland to Icelandon fields of ice, and the inhabitants are forced to rise ina body and put an end to their depredations. The Raccoon is about the size of a fox, and an in-habitant of Canada and other parts of America. It is. COMMON RACCOON said to wash its food before eating it. Its skin is valu-able, and is much sought after. The food of the Raccoon is principally small animalsand insects. Like a squirrel when eating a nut, theRaccoon usually holds its food between its fore-pawspressed together, and sits upon its hind-quarters whileit eats. Like the fox, it prowls by night. The Mole. The eyes of the Mole are very small, in
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