Its own choice is the forepaw, but with its need for snow shoes the hind legs serve a very useful purpose, and then, too, the surface is developed, a surface covered with tough fur which, we discovered, possessed the quality of a wet sponge and did not require, for efficiency, either soap or water.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
A little finger softly caressed one furry forepaw.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer
As it sprang up again the other forepaw was noosed, and it was again thrown over.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty