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upon the tundra but I felt sorry - it was too dear to me." This is one of the oldest residents here who has been in constant intercourse with the Russians for over 40 years yet he would still throw his child out to be eaten alive by the dogs or to die of cold or hunger. 
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Natives from Cape Lisburne and Point Hope say that during the past winter (in Dec. or Jan.) two men went out in the night to put their seal-nets out, for they say this is the best time for catching seal there in winter as the seal cannot see the net. While they were setting their nets and some little distance apart one of them heard the steps of an approaching White Bear close by and he instantly laid flat upon his back on the ice hoping to escape notice as he had no weapon of any kind with him. To his horror the bear came shuffling up and stopping, began to smell along his body and ended by standing and pressing his cold nose against the tip of the hunter's nose and sniffed vigorously to see if the man still breathed. The latter retained his breath until his head began to swim when the bear heard the other hunter moving about and with a parting sniff at the terrified hunter he started off at a trot for the unsuspecting victim. As soon as the bear was a short distance away the frightened Eskimo sprang 

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