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  • The she-bear stays at home; but the he-bear hungers, and looks in vain for a stray seal or walrus — woe to the unarmed man who meets him in his hungry mood!

    The North-West Passage 2003

  • Page 101 pursued a big he-bear all day, but didn't kill him.

    Southern Prose and Poetry for Schools 1910

  • And midway of the first day he picked up with a great he-bear.

    The Story of Keesh 1907

  • And midway of the first day he picked up with a great he-bear.

    THE STORY OF KEESH 1904

  • And midway of the first day he picked up with a great he-bear.

    The Story of Keesh 1904

  • I were lonesome -- lonesomer'n a he-bear -- an 'the cold grabbin' holt o 'all ends o' me so as I had to stop an 'argue

    In the Days of Poor Richard Irving Bacheller 1904

  • "He's as selfish as a he-bear," said Solomon as he and Jack were leaving soon after daylight.

    In the Days of Poor Richard Irving Bacheller 1904

  • Makoos, an old he-bear of unlovely disposition and malevolent temper.

    Nomads of the North James Oliver Curwood 1903

  • Makoos, being a he-bear, was of necessity skilled in fighting, and all at once he freed himself from Noozak's jaws, wallowed her under him, and in turn began ripping the hide off old Noozak's carcass in such quantities that she let out an agonized bawling that turned Neewa's little heart into stone.

    Nomads of the North James Oliver Curwood 1903

  • But every fibre in Neewa's body was atremble, and his heart was thumping as it had pounded on that glorious day of the fight between his mother and the old he-bear.

    Nomads of the North James Oliver Curwood 1903

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