90 LIFE AMONG THE ICEBERGS.

 

too near a floating field of ice, and a
half-starved white bear, without so
much as asking if his company would
be agreeable, jumps into the canoe, and
waits for the Indians to paddle him
ashore. If he does not upset the boat
by his weight, as he sometimes does,
there is no harm done. The bear
knows too much to injure the people
who are rowing him toward the land.
He takes his seat in the boat, as quietly
and as orderly as any other passenger
would, and there he sits until the boat
touches the shore, when he jumps out
and takes to his heels, I believe without