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and as I did not hear the water rushing in either I was 

 reassured. The ball had passed through the deck and 

 out through the side a little above the water-line. We 

 had now had enough of this sport, however; the walrus 

 only lay gasping for breath, and just as we rowed 

 towards it it turned its head a little, and received 

 two bullets just behind the ear. It lay still, and we 

 rowed up to throw our harpoon; but before we got 

 near enough it sank and disappeared. It was a mel- 

 ancholy ending to the affair. In all, nine cartridges 

 had been expended to no purpose, and we silently 

 rowed to shore, not a little crestfallen. We tried no 

 more walrus - hunting from kayaks that day; but we 

 now saw that a walrus had come up on to the shore- 

 ice a little way off. Perhaps we were to receive com- 

 pensation there for the one we had just lost. It was 

 not long before another came up beside the first. Af- 

 ter havinor taken an observation and o-iven them time 

 to compose themselves, we set off. Having bellowed 

 and made a horrible noise out there for some time, they 

 now lay asleep and unsuspecting, and we stole cautiously 

 up to them, I in front and Johansen close at my heels. 

 I first went up to the head of the nearer one, which 

 was lying with its back to us. As it had drawn its 

 head well down, and it was difficult to oret a shot at 

 a vulnerable point, I passed behind it, and up to the 

 head of the other one. The animals still lay motionless, 

 asleep in the sun. The second was in a better position 



