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never felt any uneasiness on that score, as 

 even if a seal or a walrus could not be 

 immediately obtained, there were always 

 plenty of eider ducks on the islands and 

 outlying skerries ; and the sea everywhere 

 abounded with divers and guillemots, plenty 

 enough and tame enough to be shot with a 

 rifle. If a stay of many hours from the ship 

 was contemplated, I generally took with me 

 a shot-gun and a bag of shot for the purpose 

 of killing fowls for food if necessary. 



