The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-13

three inches of bone behind them Co as.
marksmen fired at the sides of the head
ana Delng skifful, succeeded in wound.
ing two of the brutes.
Forthwith there was a great heuov,,,o.
and scuffiing, and from all the ice nans
the black bodies Topped into the sea 1rbo
gait of walrus on ice is, without do,,bt
the most awkward movement habtuai
with any living creature.
we made for one of the wounded ant
mas ana with some trouble gave Daniel
chance to harpoon him. One must strila
a walrus on his under side. for the stin
on his back is impervious TO harpoons
Quite contented with our prize In tow
we started to row back to the ship a mils
away. We had walrus to mount for
the Academy of Natural Sciences in phi.
adelphia; that was all we wanted. The
other animals had disappeared. except a
IeW mat watched US from a safe distance.
Presently one of these dived and came
up nearer us. Before any one could
shoot him, he was down again, and then
up rose his big tusks and bristled muzzle
not twenty feet away. Again his fippers
waved in the air; then followed silence.
we looked at each other and STONED
rowing TO wait. Presently came a rasp-
ing sound along our keel; then the boat
1850 III Wcllh.4 4uOS6 VI US VINO mad not
Rugged thwart slid in a heap down into
the stern sheets. Higher and higher rose
the bow. The boat seemed about to turn
back somersaut. But by good luck
just at the critical moment, she slid of
sidewise, and there, smashing about in
the water. was a broad, black back
Somebody found gum there were half
a dozen quick reports and the walrus
turned over. He was captured with
boat hook.
Hardly had we made him fast when
some one caleld out, Look therem and
turning to the port side we saw one OF
the most magnificent spectacles in the
world-the charge of herd of walrus
There were thirty or so, in three ranks.
dressed almost regularly. like soldiers.
Bearing their heads high, with white tusks
cleaning fiercely, and with great red disks
of eyes glazing balefully through the
smother of foam churned up around thei1
breasts. they came dashing at us.
"A man may be surfeited with dangers
passed through; he may have hunted eve.
ry kind of fierce beast; he may even span
his fingers, as some veterans do, at tha
mention of lions or tigers or rhinoceroseS
but though he be the bravest and calm-
est Of sportsmen, he will find his pulses
throbbing when he faces a herd Of angry
walrus
They are so big, the walrus, and theiF
tusks and bristles look so fierce, and the
glare of their eyes so uncanny-it is as If
two red moons were flaring at you. Then
the beasts are so very angry, and If but
one Of them should get his tusks upon the
gunwale OF the boat, over she would go IN
an instant. A walrus weighs half ton,
and is strong in proportion.
thought 1t was all up with us, and So
l think, did every one else. But. Mr. Bry-
ant, who was in command. shouted, LEI
them have 1t, fellowsw He blazed away,
and those Of us who had anything to shoot
with followed suit. On came the walrus,
however, in the teeth of 1t all, till they
were within five yards of us, and then
some of the leaders fell-shot, mostly IN
the eyes-and lying on the water, impede
the charge. Whereupon the rest, in rear
turned all at once, like soldiers, in cons
pany, and made Off, glaring back at Us
over their shoulders.
But hardly were they out of range be-
fore another herd charged on the star
board side, and then another ahead.
don't remember details after that. How
many times they came 1 cannot say nos
how many walrus there were. Mr.. DUN
ply, who was watching us from the SNIP
Is said to have remarked: by heavens.
sir, believe all the walrus in Greenland
is there, sirl'' and TO have added: 10y
heavens. sir, think they're afraid OF en-
sir!"
don't think any of US had time to DO
afraid. don't remember anything but ing
confusion, the excitement, the big reu
eyes and Mr.. Bryant and Mr. Entriken
and Mr.. Stokes shouting and firing, anu
the white foam around the white breasts
and how heavy the boat was to pull VII"
the two dead walrus in tow.
DR.. Mills and / were rowing, being WIFI
out rifles because our leader, Prof. hei''
pin, deemed three guns in a boat enough.
Once in the midst of the turmoil husa
head rose behind me, not foot away ~.
Mills who was nearest Il, drove the sput
OF an alpenstock into It, and Mr.. stokes
fired seven shots at it out OF his 44-cahDl9
revolver. We found the bullets afterwaI9
between the skin and the skull anu
mostly flattened. The tusks were otI.
the gun-whale when Mr.. Bryant, Win ~
Winchester, got clear shot at the pa0A
Of the neck. and the danger was over
After that there were more charges, puI
presently someone shouted that the M
was steamlng toward US. Then al "'
once there we're no more walrus.
The sea was as smooth and black -
ever Not even a swirl was left 10 49, 49,.
where the walrus, at last aware that ne
were beaten, were swimming away uhu0'
water. 49,.
We had many another Brush with ule
walrus; in fact, there was a hght WIZ
ever they came within rowing distant.
And we had many more kinds OF eApea,
ences with the great briutes-so mani ~
that the memory Of no one STANDS ~ ~
more than that OF the OTHERS. But ! . s
quite sure that no one who was J. mn NM
boat will ever forget thel element Oh ~
expectedness in the first Night.