ABSTRACT

Onthe29th,windandweatherasbefore.Inthe evening,duringthefirstwatch,weheardabearclawingat ourtent,atwhichweawoke,butonbecomingawareof ourpresencehemadeoff.

Onthe30th,thewindandweatherchangeable,but mostlyS.E.andS.W.,withdrift-snow.Aboutmid-day wecameuponayoungbearbehindtheFlushingtent; afterhavingbeenshotwithsixballsinthebody,and lanced,hedied.Onaccountofthevariableweather,we lefthimunskinned.Earlyintheeveningmanybears roamedaroundourtent.TheiceintheNorthBaybroke upentirely.