10 THE CHILDREN OF THE COLD. 



others state that the bears sometimes 

 surprise an old walrus by climbing above 

 him on a precipitous hill, or the walls of 

 an iceberg, and then taking stones or 

 huge pieces of ice in their forepaws and 

 throwing them with such force as to 

 crack the walrus's skull as he lies asleep 

 or at rest upon the ice. Then the 

 bears spring down on the stunned walrus 

 and finisn him. 



