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The Walrus of the Arctic Seas

peated every fifteen minutes, and it kept deplorable condition, and had suffered all busy looking for a place which would indescribable tortures. enable them to successfully withstand the next shock.

Skins that had been tanned and saved for clothing were devoured as a dainty morsel, but even this did not last long, and on April 26th they found themselves without a morsel of food. On that day a The agony of suspense continued ten days longer, and in that brief space were crowded many perilous adventures, which were a severe tax on the endurance bear was discovered on the ice, moving of the sufferers. An observation showed toward them. The Esquimaux, Joe and that they were a distance of 1,875 miles Hans, took their guns, and at once went to meet it, the result being that the bear, at last successful, and had seal food in which came after a meal, was soon the abundance. substance of one. That night another The ice soon became very thick around gale sprung up, accompanied by heavy them. They again started in the boat, rain and snow squalls. By morning the but were soon compelled to land on the ice upon which they had taken refuge ice again, where they repaired the boat, had so wasted away that it became evi- and dried their clothing to some extent. dent it would not outride the gale, and On the 28th of April the inevitable gale they were compelled to take the desperate commenced again, and all night they chance of a stormy ocean, in a light boat, stood by the boat, launching her in the WHO