PEARY AS A LEADER 



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Photograph by Donald B. MacMillan 



THE HEAD OF A BULE WAERUS KILEED AT ETAH, GREENLAND 



The Atlantic walrus is not as large as the Pacific, but specimens have been secured in 

 Smith Sound weighing 3,000 pounds. On a walrus hunt, which is the most dangerous sport 

 in the Arctic regions, the whale-boats are painted white to resemble pieces of ice, and the 

 rowlocks are muffled, to enable the hunters to steal upon their quarry without detection. 



many years of hardship, yet Peary felt 

 that his first duty was toward his Eski- 

 mos, those natives who made it possible 

 for him to win out. And there we re- 

 mained, killing walrus and supplying 

 them with food for the long winter night 

 to come, while Cook was wearing roses 

 and being feted by kings and queens. 

 Peary's attitude upon reaching the 



t Labrador coast has been grossly misun- 

 derstood. Not only did he not mention 

 his rival's name in his first telegrams, but 

 expressly requested us to refrain from 

 doing so ; and this in view of the fact that 

 he knew that an impostor was being pro- 

 claimed as the real discoverer. He was 

 not, however, to be permitted to retain 

 this role of stoic. 



