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appears that the walrus is only to be taken by the 

 exercise of much circumspection on the part of the 

 hunter; for he must not approach the animal till 

 he encounters it hanging asleep, suspended by its 

 tusks from a cleft in the rocks ! Cutting two parallel 

 slits in the animal's back, and raising the intervening 

 strip of hide, the hunter passes underneath it a stout 

 rope, which he secures to its OAvn part with two half 

 hitches the other end being then made fast to trees, 

 posts, or large iron rings in the rocks (these conveni- 

 ences being, of course, common in the arctic regions). 

 The sketch, however, represents the hunters seated 

 in their boat and pulling vigorously at the rope, which 

 is fastened to the walrus in the manner described. 

 The writer then goes on to describe the next step 

 which is to awaken the animal by throwing large 

 stones at his head, which being done, he is so startled 

 into desperate efforts to escape, that he jumps clean 

 out of his skin, leaving it behind him hanging to the 

 rocks ! He, however, cannot live without his skin, 

 and soon after perishes or is thrown up half dead on 

 the beach. I have not myself had an opportunity of 

 trying this method of capturing the sea-horse, or 

 rather his skin ; but should it ever be put in practice 

 by modern hunters, it would be highly interesting to 

 read of it. 



The kind of sport of which the visitor may always 

 make most sure, is wild-fowl shooting. In the first 

 place, if he intends afterwards to take his vessel into 



