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clearing out tlie harbor. '^Fbe snow was beginning- to fall and the ice 

 rapidly formed to the thickness of half an inch. 



On the first favorable day for walrusing, he went out with some 

 of his men, and after a long fight secured one walrus. Four had been 

 sighted lying asleep on the ice; but at the first attack the iron thrown 

 by Ar-mou struck only the folds of the hide of one animal and gave 

 the alarm b}^ which all escaped. Later in the day, Antoine, a Portu- 

 guese man of Hall's party, threw an iron into another walrus; but his 

 line fouling, he was compelled to cut it, and on Ebierbing's getting into 

 the bow to throw another weapon, he was caught by the line and 

 knocked overboard, escaping by a long jump to the ice. Coming up 

 to two other walruses, the crew fastened the harpoon in one which 

 turned fiercely to attack the boat with his tusks, when a well-directed 

 rifle-shot put an end to the fight. The carcass was towed to the head 

 of Gibson's Cove, and there cut up and cached. 



On the 17th, he went into winter quarters two miles east of Beacon 

 Hill. It seems certain that he had at this time with him five men, 

 whom he had hired from the ships, whose names, so far as can be 

 learned, were: Frank Lailor, of the Glacier; Peter Bayne, of the 



Ansell Gibbs; and Pat Coleman, Antoine , and John S. Spear- 



min, from some of the other vessels the names of which are not given. 

 These men had been already in his service during the month previous, 

 as will be inferred from their having taken part in the deer, walrus, 

 and whale-hunts. No executed contract has been found, but from a 

 blank rough draft appearing to have been drawn up in August, 

 the following terms of service and compensation are gathered : The 

 men were to be hired for one year, or for a longer period if no oppor- 

 tunity should ofi'er within the year for their return to the United 



