"How are you going to do it?"
"By a simple but dangerous method. You kept, did you not, the skin of the seal you shot?"
"Yes, it is on the sledge."
"Well, let us go back to the snow-house, while Johnson stays here on watch."
The boatswain crept behind a hummock which hid him entirely from the sight of the bear, who stayed in the same place, continually sniffing the air.
CHAPTER V.
THE SEAL AND THE BEAR.
Hatteras and the doctor went back to the house.