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Title: Rod and gun
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Canadian Forestry Association
Subjects: Fishing Hunting Outdoor life
Publisher: Beaconsfield, Que. (etc.) Rod and Gun Pub. Co. (etc.)
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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thirty. Histhrilling stories of adventures were atall times most interesting. He hadsailed with MacLean, made famousby Jack Londons Sea Wolf. Ourinterpreter, could speak several lan-guages fluently. Sometimes, in hisexcitement he seemed to speak themall at the same time. Our cook wasmost unpopular at times, being alto-gether too much attached to theSchlitz, often taking enough on toload two ordinary men. From Nome we sailed to St. Law-rence Bay, which is situated on thenorth side of St. Lawrence Island.Insurance regulations forced us toleave the Transit and crew, and em-bark in the smaller craft for the nor-thern ice fields. The Baron took withhim, Herman Grabmier, Dr. Mitter,Charlie Dane, the Eskimo and my-self, besides the crew, necessary tomanage the boats. For about twelvehours we sailed due north, when theweather became so stormy, the guideadvised us to put into a small bay,where we took shelder. remaininguntil the sea calmed. In this bay wasan Eskimo village, the only white in-
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1. Walrus Skulls and 6S inch Moose Head Shot on Return Trip 2. Walrus Skulls, 12 inch Moose Head Shot in Alaska i. SkinninsS Walrus with Aid of Boats Steam Winch, The Writer in the ForeSround 4. Head of Larftest Walrus; Tusks 20 inches; Weight of Animal About 450) lbs. habitants being two Russian Cossacksand a doctor. They were overjoyedto see us. The Russian Governmenthad left them in charge of the settle-ment and a boat with supplies wassupposed to call once every year.That year, however, they were over-looked and consequently had to liveas best they could, on the diet of the natives. This consisted chiefly ofwalrus meat which they preserved byburying it in the ground, digging it upwhen needed. The dogs, of whichthere was a great number, were giventheir share and the inhabitants ate therest, with scarcely ever any pretenceat cooking it. Their Ingloos or huts A WALRUS HUNT WITHIN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE 101 were made of the inner skins of walrusheld down with stones. Later in the day when

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