VUl CONTENTS. 



pick, or Seal-hook. — Axes. — Knives. — Ice-anchors. — 

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CHAP. IV. 



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

 very shy. — Great Ice-pack. — Two Wah-uses shot. — Lay- 

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

 for frost-bitten Feet. — Sketch of the Spitzbergen "Wal- 

 rus Hunter. — Profits of the Trade. — Truck System. — 

 Cold. — Chilblains. — Seal-shooting on the Ice. — Method 

 of hunting the Great Seal. — Dimensions of Great Seal. — 

 Seal-shooting in the Water . . . . .42 



CHAP. V. 



Hunting the Walrus. — Windfall. — INIaternal Affection of 

 Walrus. — Seal's Dinner. — Molluscs. — Whale's Food. 



— Herd of Walriises. — Foiu- killed. — Escape of a fine 

 Bull. — Cutting up the Blubber. — Walrus Hide and 

 Blubber. — Accommodations of " Anna Louisa." — " Whit- 

 tling " a great Eesource. — Vast Herds of Sea-horses. — 

 " Jaging " them. — Exciting Sport. — Man killed by a 

 Walrus. — Spitzbergen Gazette of June 16th. — Wafrus 

 Veal or Foal ........ 61 



CHAP. VI. 



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

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



— Driftwood. — Comes from Siberia. — Cannot be in situ. 

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

 Mute of Alca Alle. — Bfear Battue — and its Consequences. 



— Deplorable Efiects of smelHng Brandy . . .82 



CHAP. VII. 



North-east Gale. — Bears'-grease. — Errors in the Charts. — 

 Geology. — Limestone. — Coal. — Creation of subalpiue 



