Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1880 — Professor and Bear. [ARTICLE]

Professor and Bear.

He [the bear ] had also observed me, and I did not venture to return to the boat, but went straight toward him, supposing that he would be frightened and run away, as I had always previously seen polar bears do when a man approached them. I had miscalculated; the bear came nearer, advancing slowly in a half circle, and we were soon so close together that I could have touched him with a s’.ick. He stood somewhat higher up on a block of stone, hissing and tramping with his fore feet; I stood somewhat lower, crying and hooting all I was able, and threw big stones at him with little apparent effect. At length a big stone hit one of his fore paws resting on a stone, and the pain, or perhaps satisfied curiosity, induced the animal to retreat. —Arctic Voyages Nordensljjold.