The Great White Bear by Kieran Mulvaney

Author:Kieran Mulvaney [Mulvaney, Kieran]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The bear, at least in de Veer's telling, bit the man's head to pieces and began to suck out his blood as the rest of those ashore, approximately twenty in number, ran around in panic, some fleeing and a hardy few electing to try and save their comrade. They lowered their muskets and pikes and charged toward the bear, which, "perceiving them to come towards her, fiercely and cruelly ran at them, and gat another of them out from the companie, which she tare in peeces, wherewith all the rest ran away."

At this point a sizable complement of crew leaped into the boats and rowed furiously ashore, but not all of those already on the beach could be persuaded to attack the animal that had already slain two of their number. After all, they argued,

Our men are already dead, and we shall get the beare well enough, though wee oppose not ourselves into so open danger; if wee might save our fellowes lives, then we would make haste; but now wee neede not make such speede, but take her at an advantage, with most securitie for our selves, for we have to doe with a cruell, fierce and ravenous beast.

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