elves out on shore in the sun, (102 while Hendrik and I did likewise on the "Dingho". About 2 o'clock conditions had improved so much that the men were brought off in safety; but it was not practicable to get the boxes, and, an hour later, we hove up an- chor, cut the mooring line and start- ed again for Etah, although the wind was still high. Soon we began to encounter groups of walrus, and in the course of the afternoon we passed scores, perhaps hundreds, of these strange beasts. They were mostly females, accompanied by their young, but there were a few adult bulls in the herds. The animals are well stocked with curiosity and these seemed