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The Walnis-IIimt. 



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powdered ice, a leap from this tumbling block to tliat one, and 

 a final leap to the driving- floe, brought the two safel}' (►ver. 



Walruses could now be seen in every direction; sonic lint- 

 ting up ice-fragments from the solid main ; some with their 

 heads through the butted holes ; some with a large ])art of the 

 body above the ice. The hunters were busily at work. In one 

 direction two Innuits Avere under full lun for 

 the same blowing walrus, the dogs running 

 around them. All at once these hunters 

 stopped, for the animal had taken the alarm 

 and gone down. In another direction an ex- 

 cited group were seen, one throwing the lance, 

 another holding on a line, one jumping this way 

 and another that, for a walrus appeared to be 



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B. — Joint ^vitll thongs 

 loosened, when not 

 in use, to preserve 

 their elasticity. 



C — Knoll on thr lian- 

 (11(1 to secure a firm 

 hold. 



a secured prize. With some difficulty Hall gained this spot, l)nt found 



