CHARLES FRANCIS HALL AND THE INNUITS. 



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SPEAKING THE WALRUS. 



lance. Should the Innuit fail to slip off the coil in time, he would infallibly be 

 drawn into the water, and almost certainly lose his life ; but as Hall records no 

 instance of such a catastrophe, we infer that these rarely happen. 



The Innuits show remarkable ingenuity in availing themselves of every fa- 



