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carcass well above water that it might be more easily 

 towed ashore. 



While we were thus engaged another big cow rose 

 to blow not thirty feet from the boat. I grabbed 

 my rifle and killed her stone dead with one shot. 

 Happily the body kept above water long enough to 

 get a harpoon into her, and with the two old walrus 

 in tow and the young one in the boat, we turned back 

 to the island for a long, hard pull. 



Good fortune favored us. When we reached the 

 island the tide was high, and with very little trouble 

 the massive carcasses were hauled well up upon the 

 rocks, where they could be skinned and dissected at 

 leisure when the tide fell. Here they were anchored 

 and secured against danger of slipping back into the 

 water, and without delay we put off again after more 

 game. 



One of the large schools was feeding not far away, 

 and in a very short time Kulutinguah had harpooned 

 one from his kayak. I shot and harpooned another 

 from the boat. Both were cows with calves, and 

 the two calves were also killed and taken into the 

 boat. Walrus have but one calf, and the little ones 

 are very dirty, unattractive looking things. 



When we reached the island with our game in tow 

 the tide had settled and the two walrus originally killed 

 lay high and dry upon the rocks in an ideal position 

 for skinning. Our last catch was hauled in as far 

 as possible, and we went ashore. We had done a 

 good day's work. The four old ones and three calves 



