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for they kept exclusively to the marine animals and left 

 our blubber alone ; and then they were so light and 

 pretty. But up and down along the shore the skua 

 [Stcrcoi'aritis crepidatus) chased incessantly, and every 

 now and again we were startled b\' a pitiful cry of distress 

 above our heads ; it was a kittiwake pursued by a skua. 



IN THE WATER LAY WALRUSES 



How often we followed with our eyes that wild chase up 

 in the air, until at last the kittiwake had to drop its booty, 

 and down shot the skua, catching it even before it touched 

 the water ! Happy creatures that can move with such 

 freedom up there ! Out in the water lay walruses, diving 



