The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-24

perienced Arctic hunter, now gave tbs
orders:
Vow. keep as stiu as you can. t..
minute they see Us they'll rush down lie.
rocks Tor the water, and your only chan..
OF Getting one is nring as soon as the
come in sight Aim 20 hit them fra -.
back or the neck. IF one Is yrorrr,7.s
and stops on the rocks. try to sprinr -,
snore and finish him, but mind YOU xesr.
out OF range Of his tusk and tail H.
Won Asht' Out he Is likely TO blunder
on Top OF you Of FOUNDER over YOU ana ~
he does there'N be nothing Ieft wbare
you stood but a hole in the ground
Slowly the. bow OF the boat came round
tAe last intervening rock close upon M.
Walrus The rifles were instantly rsize,i
. souo ann taken as possible, and =
FolIey poured in at such heads as v-ara
visible.
Great Scott WHAT q rumpus" cried
Kelley, as tho huge masses thus sharr1,.
awakened. hsavrg. Topping, and eru1t
ing IN their fright. rolled. slid andtufnbIes
overheard, nearly swapping the boat as
they plunged into the water One hus,
beast fell between the rocks and -,
boat. causing such a lurch as nearI,.
10 pitch the crew into the sea Auothe~
came up just outside the cutter with -
apparent Intention Of trying his eno~-
nous tusks upon it. Quick as though
Bratton put a ball into him when -
Six escaped, but one was left on N,
rocks. He was hard hit, and had Aour-
dered into a cleft or he, too would ba,-.
got away. Leaping upon the rocks. tb
hunters gave him two or three mon
shots. and he soon Law dead before 49,,
He was so large that six Of the boat
crew stood at one time upon his bod,
ftls tusks We're thirty inches long and
three inches in diameter. With an ~
the head was severed from the body
AFTER which, there being no hope Of the
reappearance of the other Walrus, The
boat returned to the ship.
odd voyagers in Bering sea tell Of a
strange association between the waIruS
and the polar bear. The walrls f5r-
nishes the principal food Of this grea-
carniVore, which is his deadliest zoe in
Iact, yet to see them together. as thew
Lrequently are encountered, one might
think they were boon companions ~
ing upon the ice field will often be seen
patches OF walrus containing from thfr-
ty TO fifty, and with each of these srorIrs
VIII be found the polar bear. They All
are apparently resting together in the
uappiest sort OF unity. Occasionally
Wairus Hops into the water and sinks
Ieis rely into the depths. while Others
VIII be seen emerging therefrom and
climbing up on the ice.
The bear becomes hungry and decides
he will dine with the walrus that dav He
-lsSs 10 MS hauuches ana sWays m
self heavily upon all fours. After q yav,p
ana stretch he saunters to the nearest
walrus and swings his powerful paw I'm
a crushing N'ow upon its head, instantly
killing the animal. He then proceeds
le.surely to make n comfortable dinner
on the unfortunate object of his seIec-
ton This performance. apparently, does
not startle the others. They continue
to bask undisturbed, seemingly indiffer-
ent to the fate of their counrade and
awaiting their turn like stoics. The fe-
male wulrus with young, however, does
not tolerate the presence of the bear
She regards him with merited suspicion
and promptly takes to the water with
her offspring on his appearance"