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on. Suddenly it came up again by the side of us, raised 

 itself high out of the water, snorted so that the air 

 shook, and threatened to thrust its tusks into our frail 

 craft. We seized our guns, but at the same moment it 

 disappeared, and came up immediately afterwards on the 

 other side, by Johansen s kayak, where it repeated the 

 same manoeuvre. I said to him that if the animal showed 

 signs of attacking us we must spend a cartridge on it. 

 It came up several times and disappeared again ; we 

 could see it down in the water, passing rapidly on its side 

 under our vessels, and, afraid lest it should make a hole 

 in the bottom with its tusks, we thrust our paddles down 

 into the water and frightened it away ; but suddenly it 

 came up again right by Johansen's kayak, and more 

 savage than ever. He sent it a charge straight in the 

 eyes, it uttered a terrific bellow, rolled over, and dis- 

 appeared, leaving a trail of blood on the water behind 

 it. We paddled on as hard as we could, knowing that 

 the shot might have dangerous consequences, but we 

 were relieved when we heard the walrus come up far 

 behind us at the place where it had disappeared. 



We had paddled quietly on, and had long forgotten 

 all about the walrus, when I suddenly saw Johansen jump 

 into the air and felt his kayak receive a violent shock. I 

 had no idea what it was, and looked round to see if some 

 block of floating ice had capsized and struck the bottom 

 of his kayak ; but suddenly I saw another walrus rise up 

 in the water beside us. I seized mv Sfun, and as the 



