Show HWNTING THE SEAL The Esktiino In Jils kaiak is IU4d great for hb faces the roughest sWg dodges the heavy waves and some of the more expert kaiak men receive a heavy roller by capsizing and receiving receiv-ing the blow on the bottom righting themselves afterward The skillful fisher rights himself with the paddle which is twobladed or with his twoblae wih open hand while some can do it with the clenched hand I have seen says Nansent a man take a stone In his clenched hand before capsizing and J come up with i still in his hand Nor must we forget that he has to tow his I prey besides performing some of these at feats and a hunter will sometimes safely bring three or more seals to land c b His chief weapon Is the harpooh f which he throws either with his hand p or the ingenious throwingstick It I throwingsttk haA an easily detachable head with a line and bladder attached Besides these I he has lances and birddarts all being kept in readiness under loops of leather on top of his kaiak Surely he must be cool and daring for he must not I miss a wounded and enrdged seal nor I must the slightest hitch occur In the line when the prey rushes away with the harpoon The greatest achievement in the hunters art was to be able to dispense with bladders and to let the seal tow the kalak man by his I waist The Spectator |