Note 27 — CHAP. V.
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In the 76th degree of latitude the number of bears is so great, that they in droves surround the natives’ habitations, who then, with their dogs, fall upon them, and with their spears and lances kill them. In winter, instead of dens or caves under the earth, as in Norway and other places, here the bears make theirs under the snow; which, according to the information the natives have given me, are made with pillars, like stately buildings.