Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 139
the open sea and gettingfat on the abundant food they find at that sea-son, the Eskimo has to pursue them with greatcaution, crawling over the ice face downward, andimitating their awkward, tumbling play until nearenough to hurl his spear ; or he must get into hisfrail kayak and chase the herds far… … SEALS IN SIGHT lows with the large lance, which, when the sealre-appears, he throws like the harpoon. This hedoes again and again, the lance always disengagingitself, until the poor seal becomes so weak that itcan be overtaken, and killed by a lunge of the knife.The flesh of the nctsick serves for…
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