68 ADVENTURES IN THE NORTHERN SEAS. 



CHAPTER V. 



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

 rus. — Seal's Dinner. — Molluscse. — 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. 1 

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

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

 June 16th. — Walrus Veal or Foal. 



The fog was as thick as ever again on the morn- 

 ing of the 12th, and we were tantalized by hearing 

 the snorting and bellowing of a great many wal- 

 ruses in the immediate vicinity, although we could 

 not find them for the fog ; but it fortunately clear- 

 ed up for a little in the forenoon, and enabled us 

 to see a great herd of walruses reposing on several 

 large flat slabs of ice. We instantly went after 

 them in both boats, and, although they were very 

 shy, we each succeeded in killing a cow and a call! 

 The cow killed from my boat had a good harpoon 

 and line sticking in her back ; it had not been long 

 in the walrus, and appeared to have been lost by 

 the slipping of the knot at the inner end of the line. 

 According to the laws of the ice, both walrus and 

 tackle — even if the former had been dead — were a 

 fair prize of the captors, although Christian said 



