THE POLAR WORLD. 



SPEARING THKOUGH THE SNOW. 



the second ov third puff, he knows that the nose of the seal is at the bottoni of 

 the breathingdiole, perhaps two yards below the spot where he is standing. 

 The spear must be thrust with perfect accuracy ; for an error of a quarter of an 

 mch on either side would miss the hole, and the spear-point would strike the 



