LIFE AMONG THE ICEBERGS. 89

 

of those mountains of ice, it made a
noise like a heavy clap of thunder.

_ Many of these icebergs have white
bears on them. The bears get from
the land upon the iceberg, while it is
near the shore. But, before they dream
of their being in any danger, the float-
ing island, set in motion by the wind,
moves off, and so the poor bears are
carried out to sea. They often get very
hungry, while they are making these
voyages on an iceberg. It sometimes
happens, that when a native Indian
and his wife are paddling along in their

canoe, in these northern seas, they get
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