December, 1864.] 



Securing the Prize. 



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the ice, and turning liis oyos around would si>end liis fury on tlic first of his ene- 

 mies who approached. He tlien aj;ain liipjx'n'd back, and, as the iipliltcd laiicc 

 was poised, moved violently forward and upward, throwin*,^ forward liis head 

 with a circling sweep, as if to drive his tusk to the very heart of his iissailaiit. 



What a terrible blow a walrus can deal with his liead and tusks ! W'Wn he 

 came up to breathe, wdiicli ho did several times through difterent holes, resting 

 with his tusk hooked onto the edge of the ice, at every breathing he expelled 



