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(5), and then upon the other, and to raiſe them up: all this while it was  to hear her moan. When ſhe found could not ſtir them, ſhe went off, and when ſhe had got at ſome diſtance looked  and moaned; and that not availing  to entice them away, ſhe returned and  round them, begun to lick their. She went off a ſecond time as before, and having crawled a few paces, looked behind her, and for ſome time ſtood. But ſlill her cubs not riſing to her, ſhe returned to them again, and with ſigns of inexpreſſible ſoundneſs, went  one, and round the other, pawing, and moaning. Finding at laſt that were cold and lifeleſs, ſhe raiſed her  towards the ſhip, and growled a curſe upon the murderers, which they returned with a volley of muſket balls. She fell her cubs, and died licking their wounds.

Can you admire the maternal affection of the bear, and not feel in your heart the warmeſt emotions of gratitude, for the and more permanent tenderneſs, you have ſo long experienced from your parents?