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WALRUS-HUNTING. 
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The walrus sinks and is lost, if he is killed by a shot while in 
the water, or if he be shot while lying on a piece of ice, but 
without being killed so instantaneously that he cannot cast 
himself into the water in his death struggles. He is killed 
accordingly almost exclusively with tbe harpoon or lance. 
B C A 
WALRUS TUSKS. 
A. Tusk of male, outside, b. Tusk of male, inside, c. Tusks of female. 
One-tenth of natural size. 
The harpoon consists of a large and strong iron hook, very 
sharp on the outer edge, and provided with a barb. The hook 
is loosely fixed to the shaft, but securely fastened to the end of 
a slender line ten fathoms long, generally made of walrus hide. 
The line is fastened at its other end to the boat, in the forepart 
of which it lies in a carefully arranged coil. There are from five 
