82 The Walrus, Morse, or Sea^Horse 



of the chase for his succulence (from an Eskimo stand- 

 point), from his lack of speed, and from his love of 

 shallow waters, where he finds the humble molluscs 

 upon which he feeds. Such gaps as the Eskimo make 

 in the ranks of the Walrus will do no more than preserve 

 the natural balance necessary. If only civilised man 

 will let the Walrus alone, having found that the hunting 

 does not pay, there will soon be as many as ever there 

 were to people, if not exactly to beautify, the lonely 

 Arctic regions. 



