. 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. AVALias IllNl'INC. «1 Tho steersman also acts as harpoonecM", iiml, of ciMirsc, sits in thr linw. 'Uw. stnmnrcMt man in tiie boat is usually placed next to him, to hoi . and liiinl in the line wiicn a walrus is struck, and it is his duty ti) hand the har|)oons and lances to <he harpooneer as re<|uired. Kach hoat -wiiii'h, hy tho w
. 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. AVALias IllNl'INC. «1 Tho steersman also acts as harpoonecM", iiml, of ciMirsc, sits in thr linw. 'Uw. stnmnrcMt man in tiie boat is usually placed next to him, to hoi . and liiinl in the line wiicn a walrus is struck, and it is his duty ti) hand the har|)oons and lances to <he harpooneer as re<|uired. Kach hoat -wiiii'h, hy tho way, is paintrd white, so as to ri'semhle the icf ani(in<rst wliich it moves—is usually provided with three harpoon-litads inside llie Imw, n ini'li side : these fit info little racks of painted canvas, so that their keen |ioints and edt,'es may not 1k^ hlunted, and to prevent them from injurinpr the men. The liarpoons serve ecpially well for seal and Widrus, and, simple as they seem and are, answer a(lniiral)ly th(^ purpose for which tiiey are desi^fued. The weapon is thrust into the animal; its struggles tii^iilen the lino; tlie larfje outer harh then catches up a loop of its tenacious iiide. or the tousfh reticulated fibres containing' its hlulilur;. HUNTING THE while the small inner barb, like that of a fisli-hook, prevents it from being detached or loosened, When a walrus has lieen properly struck, and the line hauled taut, it rarely escapes. To catih hai'poon a line of twelve or fifteen fathoms long is attached : a sufficient length, as the Avalrus ia seldom found in water more than fifteen fathoms deep ; and even if the water should exceed that depth, it cannot drag the boat under, because it is unable to exert its full strength when subjected to the pressure of twelve or fifteen fathoms of water. Besides the harpoons, each boat is provided witli four or five enormous lances; the shaft being made of pine-wood, nine feet long, and one inch and a half thick a
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