X CONTEXTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



Crow's-nest. — Look-out. — First Walrus seen. — Find them 

 very shy. — Great Ice-pack. — Two Walruses shot. — Luy-to 

 in a dense Fog. — Wreck of a Sloop in the Ice. — Cure for 

 frost-bitten Feet. — Sketch of the Spitsbergen Walrus-hunt- 

 er.— Profits of the Trade.— Truck System.— Cold.— Chil- 

 blains. — Seal-shooting on the Ice. — Method of hunting the 

 Great Seal. — Dimensions of Great Seal. — Seal-shooting in 

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CHAPTER V. 



Hunting the Walrus. — Windfall. — Maternal Affection of Wal- 

 rus. — Seal's Dinner. — Molluscae. — Whale's Food. — Herd of 

 Walruses. — Four killed. — Escape of a fine Bull. — Cutting 

 up the Blubber. — Walrus Hide and Blubber. — Accommoda- 

 tions of "Anna Louisa." — "Whittling" a great Resource. 

 — Vast Herds of Sea-horses. — "Jaging" them. — Exciting 

 Sport. — Man killed by a Walrus. — Spitzbergen Gazette of 

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CHAPTER VI. 



Sabbath Observance. — Rewarded for ditto. — Our first Bear 

 seen. — Kill him. — Lose the Sloop. — Quantities of Eggs. — 

 Drift-wood. — Comes from Siberia. — Can not be in situ. — 

 Geology of Thousand Islands. — Red Snow. — Caused by 

 Mute of Alca Alle. — Bear Battae, and its Consequences. — 

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CHAPTER Vn. 



Northeast Gale. — Bears' Grease. — Errors in the Charts. — Ge- 

 ology. — Limestone. — Coal. — Creation of subalpine Flats. — 

 Deeva Bay. — " Fast" Ice. — Bear's Mode of catching Seals. 

 — Whale's Bones. — Glen-Turritt. — Large Extent of fixed 

 Ice. — Many Seals shot. — Become my own Harpooner. — 

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