The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . times hunt the reindeer. Halls dogs one daygave chase to a deer, and one of them, Barbekark, sprung at its throat, and bitthrough skin, windpipe, jugular, and tongue, taking out the piece as clearly asthough it had been cut with a knife, Barbekark was brought to the UnitedStates by Mr. Hall, and died there. His stuffed skin showed him to be a noblebeast of unusual size. The walrus enters largely into the supplies of the Innuits, They manifestmuch courage and skill in harpooning th
The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . times hunt the reindeer. Halls dogs one daygave chase to a deer, and one of them, Barbekark, sprung at its throat, and bitthrough skin, windpipe, jugular, and tongue, taking out the piece as clearly asthough it had been cut with a knife, Barbekark was brought to the UnitedStates by Mr. Hall, and died there. His stuffed skin showed him to be a noblebeast of unusual size. The walrus enters largely into the supplies of the Innuits, They manifestmuch courage and skill in harpooning these ungainly beasts. The hunter goesout armed with a lance and a peculiar harpoon made for that purpose. A longhide-rope is attached to thehead of the harpoon, and coil-ed around the neck of thehunter, who crawls along un-til he comes within strikingdistance of the walius, wholies basking upon the ice. Thewalrus dives at once; the hun-ter slips the coil off from hisneck, and fastens the end of itto a spear driven into the ice;thus tethering the animal. Assoon as the walrus comes uphe is dispatched with a long. HEAD OF REINDEER. CHARLES FRANCIS HALL AND THE INNUITS. 455
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