Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-06-23
AN ADVENTURE WITH BEARS,

Three of the crew of tho steamship In
trepid, Capt, Sovtar, had very exciting
adventure at the Greenland seal fishery
this season. During the time that their
vessel was fast beset among the ice, three
of the crew-Thomas Royal, Wolver.
hampton James Winter. Peterhead
and William Mulligan, Dundee-set ont
one day to pay visi' to the ship Perse-
verance, Of Peterhoad which lay appar-
emily about four miles distant. After
walking about q couple of miles it was
seen that the distance between the two
ships had been mJudged, and that in
reality they were SIX miles apart, and the
dangerous nature Of the journey began
to dawn upon the seamen when they real
lied how far they We're from aay vessel,
and that their sealing clubs were the on
ly weapons with which they were armed.
When they came to realize the real dis
tance they began to deliberate whether
1t would not be the best course to return
to their ship. One OF the trio insisted on
making the journey while the others
were of the opinion that they should gvo
up the attempt. In the midst OF the de
bate-an unwelcome visitor came upon the
scene in the shape Of a she bear, with one
of her cubs, as she was fast coming up
betweon the men and their ships the only
chance of escape was to run on in hope
of reaching the Perseverance, distance
of about four miles When the mon took
to their heels the bear quickencd her pace
and IN q short time was close upon tho
sailors. To attempt to face the animal
with their clubs was useless, and accord
ingly one Of the mon took OFF por-
tions Of his clothing and threw them
down on the ice. In this way the pro-
gress OF the bear was retarded, as Bruin
stopped to sniff and tear at each of tho
articles rs she came up to them. BY this
means the men were enabled to keep
little ahead for about couple Of miles,
by which time, however, they had part
cd with most Of their clothing, one Of
them having nothing but his pants,
| cravat and "A wooden shirt upon him. -
He had retained possession Of his club,
and, fastening his cravat to the end Of
the weapon, he waved it as signal Of
distress, and fortunately the attention of
the crew of the Perseverance was attract
ed to the perlous position OF the three
seamon. Several Of tho crow Of the Per-
severance Immediately set out, armed
with guns, and, after running about
mile they came up to the three men just
in time to save them, rs they had almost
no clothing left, and were quite exhaust
ed with the chase. The boar and hcr cub
were SO close behind that the rcscuers
had no difficulty in dispatchng them
with several bullets. Tho following
morning the three sailors returned to tho
Intrepid. They were escorted part of tho
way by n number Of the crow of the Per-
severance, and themale bear having been
seen in the vicinity, apparently on tho
look out for the ahc- bear aud her cub, ho
was likewise killed. Tho most of tho
mems clothes and their sen boots, were
picked up, all more or less torn. Tho
three men had boon kindly treated on
board the Perseverance, and supp ie1
with clothing, 50 that they suffered no
bad effects from their exposure and ex-
citing adventure. - Dundee {ScoHdno)
advertiser.