. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. rill:; KSKIMU SEALUUNTKU. 7» tnulitioiis liavo taiii,'lit them to be on their guard against man ; but an all their habits and ways are well known to tlu' Kskiuio, they do not Hucceed in eluding dexterous perseverance. Some- times the hunter attires himself in a , and so exactly imitates their apjiearanco and movements that he
. The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena [microform] : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76. British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; British Polar Expedition, 1875-76; Zoology; Zoologie. rill:; KSKIMU SEALUUNTKU. 7» tnulitioiis liavo taiii,'lit them to be on their guard against man ; but an all their habits and ways are well known to tlu' Kskiuio, they do not Hucceed in eluding dexterous perseverance. Some- times the hunter attires himself in a , and so exactly imitates their apjiearanco and movements that he ai)proaehe3 within spear range oi' them before the disguise is detecti'd ; or else he creeps into th ir haunts behind a white screen, which is proi)elled in front of liim by moans of a sledge. As the season verges upon midsummer less j)recaution becomes necessary ; the eyes of the seals being so congested by the tierce radiance of the sun that they are often nearly blind. In winter they are assailed while labouring at their breathing-holes, or when they lise for the pur- pose of resjiiration. If an Eskimo satisfies himself that a seal is working away beneath the ice, he takes u|) his station at the suspected point, and seldom ([uits it, howevir severe the weather, until he has captured the aninu\l. To jnotect himself from the freezing blast, he throws up a snow-wall iilmut. AS ESKIMO SEAL-UUNTKU. four feet in height, and seating himself in its shade, he rests his spears, lines, and other appliances on a number of little forked sticks inserted into the snow, in order that he may move them, when wanted, without making the slightest noise. Ho carries his caution to such an I'xcess, that he even ties his own knees together with a thong to prevent his garments from rustling 1 To discover whether the seal is still gnawing at the ice, our patient watcher makes use of his kccp-huttuk; a slender rod of bone, no thicker than ordinary bell-wire, cleverly rounded, with a knob at one end a
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