IJO A RACE FOE A WALRUS. 



CHAP. X. 



Boat-race. — Visit. — Ingenious Harpoon. — Hippopotamus. 

 — Phoca Vitulina, or Little Seal— Phoca Hispida, or Jan 

 Mayen Seal.— Dreadful Smell of Cargo. — Ferocity of 

 young Bear. — Drift-ice. — Stones and Clay on Icebergs. — 

 Warm Day. — Beautiful Caverns in the Ice. — Upset 

 of an Iceberg. — Young Ice. — Noises from Glacier. — 

 Crimping a "Walrus. — Ivory Gulls. — See a Bear. — 

 Curious Delusion. — Gulf-stream and Arctic Current. — 

 Danger of getting embayed. — Narrow Escape. 



28^/i. — PoG in the morning confined ns to the 

 sloop during the early part of the day. 



When it cleared, a schooner was in sight 

 not far off, and a herd of walruses on the ice, 

 about equidistant from the tAvo vessels. We 

 lowered a boat with all despatch; but the 

 schooner's people, seeing us do so, lowered 

 away also, and we had a rather exciting race 

 up to the walruses. The rival boat, being 

 rather lighter than ours, got a length or two 

 ahead of u^ and we lay on our oars, so 

 as not to spoil the chance for them ; but the 

 walruses took the alarm, and neither of us 

 got any. 



