Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . th coast of that country. He then studiedthe regions of the north for the sake of their beauty and historic interestmore than for scientific knowledge. He observed the great Greenland gla-ciers and icebergs, visited the places were the Northmen had their coloniesIn olden times, and finally took his vessel—a steam yacht called the Panther—up into the much-dreaded ice-pack of Melville Bay. Accounts of thisjourney are given in the book entitled The Land of Desolation. After his ret
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . th coast of that country. He then studiedthe regions of the north for the sake of their beauty and historic interestmore than for scientific knowledge. He observed the great Greenland gla-ciers and icebergs, visited the places were the Northmen had their coloniesIn olden times, and finally took his vessel—a steam yacht called the Panther—up into the much-dreaded ice-pack of Melville Bay. Accounts of thisjourney are given in the book entitled The Land of Desolation. After his return he went into politics, and was for a time a member HAYES AND 287 of the New York Legislature, although he never lost his interest in theArctic regions, nor ceased to write about them. Dr. Hayes relates an adventure he had with Walruses. One day heand his party came upon a large herd, and wounded one old bull with aharpoon, when all turned at once upon their enemies. That they meditated an attack, says Dr. Hayes, there could be nolonger doubt. To escape the onslaught was impossible. We had rai^p-. THE WALRUS OF THE ARCTIC SEAS. a hornets nest about our ears in a most astonishingly short space oftime, and we must do the best we could. Even the wounded animal towhich our boat was fastened turned upon us, and we became the focus ofat least a thousand gaping, bellowing mouths. It seemed to be the purpose of the Walruses to get their tushes onthe gunwale of the boat, and it was evident that in the event of our hav-ing such monster tushes on us, the boat would be torn in pieces, and wewould be left floating in the sea helpless. All this gave motive, there- 238 HAYES AND HAI^t. fore, to be active. One of my men plied His lance from the bows, andgave many a serious wound. The men pushed back the nearest withtheir oars, while others loaded and fired as rapidly as we could. Several times we were in great danger, but the timely thrust of an oar,or the lance, or a bullet, sa
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