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more than they knew what we were talking about, the whole 

 conversation was decidedly more amusing than instructive. 

 Later in the day the boys launched the whale-boat, and Mr. 

 Peary, Gibson, Verhoeff, Matt, and myself, with our new man 

 Ikwa, went down to Cape Cleveland, two and a half miles 

 from Redcliffe, where the boys had beached a walrus killed by 

 them while crossing Murchison Sound. It was very interest- 

 ing to watch Ikwa cut "^ 

 up this enormous ani- 

 mal, weighing more 

 than 1500 pounds, with 

 an ordinary six-inch 

 pocket-knife. So pre- 

 cisely did he know just 

 where every joint was, 

 that not once did he 

 strike a bone, but cut 

 the entire animal up 

 into pieces which could 

 be easily handled by 

 one man, as though 

 it had been boneless. 

 This done, the pieces 

 were packed in the 

 boat, preparatory to taking them to Redcliffe. Here at Cape 

 Cleveland we found the grass very green, and in places 

 over two feet high. This unusual growth is explained by the 



Ikwa and his Quarry. 



