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which was completely drenched, with a look of con-
tempt.

“Give it another poke, Awatok,” cried Amos Parr ;
“youll know best whereabouts its life lies; I can
make nothin’ o’t.”

Awatok obeyed, and gave it a thrust under the left
flipper that seemed to reach its heart, for it fell back
into the water and struggled violently. At the same
moment Davie Summers mounted to the top of a
hummock, part of which overhung the pool, and
launched a harpoon down upon its back. This latter
blow seemed to revive its ferocity, for it again essayed
to clamber out on the ice, and looked up at Davie
with a glance of seeming indignation; while Buzzby,
who had approached, fell backward as he retreated
from before it. At the same time Saunders succeeded
in getting his musket to go off. The ball struck it
in the eye, and entering the brain, caused instant
death, a result which was greeted with three enthusi-
astic cheers.

The getting of this enormous creature out of the
water would have been a matter of no small difficulty
had there not been such a large party present. Even
as it was it took them a considerable time to accom-
plish this feat, and to cut it up and pack it on the
sledges,

While the battle above described was going on, two
smaller walruses had been killed and secured, and the
Esquimaux were in a state of great glee, for previous
to the arrival of the sailors they had been unsuccessful