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excellent friend had given of his best, and had only 

 repetitions of similar experiences, together with a digest 

 of Dick's opinions, to offer in addition. Dick was clearly 

 a great hero. And I was amused to find that my good 

 friend, in scornfully rejecting Darwinism as applied to the 

 walrus, clearly felt that he was on safe ground because 

 he was sure that Dick would have agreed with him. 



" Now you just look at his great tusks, and his nippers, 

 and his great big body. Why any one could see with half 

 an eye, as Dick would have said, that God Almighty made 

 un. Dick was a scholard, he was, and knew a sight of texes 

 from the Bible though he did swear sometimes fit to blow 

 the bung out of an oil cask but that's what he'd have said 

 ' any one could see with half an eye that God Almighty 

 made un.' Why he's that stupid he couldn't make hisself 

 if you gave him right away from the first chapter of 

 Genesis. How could he get hisself those long tusks to 

 fight with ? Oh, yes ! I've heard some say that they're 

 only good for grubbing up mussels with and sich like 

 But as Dick says, seeing's believing, and Dick's seen 'em 

 fighting with them great tusks and so have I. And what 

 you've seen, you've seen. And you can't say nothing to 

 that. Let alone the ointment. As Dick would have said, 

 if they're not for fighting, why did God Almighty give 

 them the ointment ? And do you think they could have 

 gotten the ointment for themselves ? No, sir ! Don't you 

 believe it. They're too stupid for that." 



It was quite in vain for me to attempt to give my 

 worthy friend some idea of what Mr. Darwin really meant. 

 I was met by 



" Oh ! you needn't think I don't understand what he 

 meant. Dick he didn't never say nothing about it which 

 shows it wasn't m uch. Well may be it was after Dick's time 

 But that ain't much odds. I know as how you believe 



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