Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 482
e game. The usual method of hunting walrus is simi-lar to that adopted to capture the whale—theuse of harpoon-line and spear. The Eskimos intheir kayaks, or sealskin canoes, which theyhandle with remarkable skill, cautiously approachan ice-floe where walrus lie; and. when closeenough, dexterously… … by the float or bladder attached by a line tothe harpoon-point. This float is quickly throwninto the water as soon as the animal is speared,for otherwise the boat would either be capsized,or carried along at a very rapid pace, and thenwould be cer-tain to strikeagainst oneof the manyice-floes andbe…
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